Mischievousness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Mischievousness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Mischievousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mischievousness n an attribute of mischievous children [syn: naughtiness, mischievousness, badness] the trait of behaving like an imp Synonym(s): impishness, mischievousness, puckishness, whimsicality reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others Synonym(s): mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mischievous \Mis"chievous\, 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"chievously}, adv. -- {Mis"chievous*ness}, n.