English Dictionary: Mischievous | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for Mischievous | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mischievous \Mis"chie*vous\, a. Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. [bd]Most mischievous foul sin.[b8] --Shak. This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably mischievous to society. --South. Syn: Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious; destructive. -- {Mis"chie*vous*ly}, adv. -- {Mis"chie*vous*ness}, n. |