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The synonyms of “Mischievous” are: arch, impish, implike, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked, naughty, bad, disobedient, troublesome, vexatious, full of mischief, playful, teasing, roguish, waggish, malicious, malevolent, hostile, spiteful, bitter, venomous, poisonous, ill-natured, evil, baleful, vindictive, vengeful, vitriolic, rancorous, malign, malignant, pernicious, mean, nasty, harmful, hurtful, destructive, wounding, cruel, unkind, defamatory
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “mischievous” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| arch | Expert in skulduggery. |
| bad | Feeling physical discomfort or pain tough is occasionally used colloquially for bad. Bad reviews. |
| baleful | Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. A baleful look. |
| bitter | Expressive of severe grief or regret. Bitter cold. |
| cruel | Wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it. People who are cruel to animals. |
| defamatory | Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. A defamatory allegation. |
| destructive | Negative and unhelpful. Destructive criticism. |
| disobedient | Unwilling to submit to authority. Larry was stern with disobedient employees. |
| evil | Of a force or spirit embodying or associated with the forces of the devil. We were driven out of the house by an evil spirit. |
| full of mischief | Filled to satisfaction with food or drink. |
| harmful | Causing or capable of causing harm. The ozone layer blocks the harmful rays from the sun. |
| hostile | Unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business. Hostile tender offer. |
| hurtful | Harmful to living things. His hurtful remarks. |
| ill-natured | Having an irritable and unpleasant disposition. |
| impish | Inclined to do slightly naughty things for fun; mischievous. He had an impish look about him. |
| implike | Naughtily or annoyingly playful. |
| malevolent | Having or exerting a malignant influence. Failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful. |
| malicious | Having the nature of or resulting from malice- Rudyard Kipling. A hotbed of rumour and malicious chit chat. |
| malign | Of a disease malignant. Prompted by malign motives. |
| malignant | (of a disease) very virulent or infectious. In the hands of malignant fate. |
| mean | (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt. The mean annual rainfall. |
| nasty | Damaging or harmful. In a nasty mood. |
| naughty | Wicked. Naughty goings on. |
| pernicious | Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way. The pernicious influences of the mass media. |
| pixilated | Drunk. |
| playful | Intended for one’s own or others’ amusement rather than seriously. A playful tomboy who loves to dress up. |
| poisonous | (of a substance or plant) causing or capable of causing death or illness if taken into the body. Poisonous chemicals. |
| prankish | Showing a fondness for practical jokes or mischievous acts. Flashes of prankish humour. |
| puckish | Playful, especially in a mischievous way. A puckish sense of humour. |
| rancorous | Characterized by bitterness or resentment. Sixteen miserable months of rancorous disputes. |
| roguish | Lacking principles or scruples. He gave her a roguish smile. |
| spiteful | Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite. A truly spiteful child. |
| teasing | Arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it. A teasing and persistent thought annoyed him. |
| troublesome | Difficult to deal with. A troublesome situation. |
| unkind | Lacking kindness. You were terribly unkind to her. |
| vengeful | Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge- Shakespeare- M.R.Cohen. A vengeful ex con. |
| venomous | (of an animal, especially a snake) secreting venom, or capable of injecting venom by means of a bite or sting. The venomous tone of her voice. |
| vexatious | Causing irritation or annoyance. A vexatious child. |
| vindictive | Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge. More vindictive than jealous love. |
| vitriolic | Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action. Vitriolic outbursts. |
| waggish | Witty or joking- James Fenimore Cooper. A waggish riposte. |
| wicked | Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality. He pulled the long wicked looking dagger from its sheath. |
| wounding | Causing physical or especially psychological injury. Crossbows and deadly wounding darts. |
| approvingly | In a manner resulting from or revealing approval. Several heads nodded approvingly at this concept. |
| boy | A friendly form of address from one man to another, especially from an older man to a young man. I was the new boy at the office. |
| brat | A very troublesome child. Presumably this is where people dump their brats so they can shop in relative peace. |
| coltish | Energetic but awkward in one’s movements or behaviour. Long lean coltish women. |
| enjoyable | (of an activity or occasion) giving delight or pleasure. They had an enjoyable afternoon. |
| frisky | Playful and full of energy. He bounds about like a frisky pup. |
| frolicsome | Given to merry frolicking. Frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes. |
| fun | A source of fun. Being on set with the cast and crew was really fun. |
| gaiety | A festive merry feeling. The sudden gaiety of children s laughter. |
| grin | Express with a broad smile. She grinned her approval. |
| guffaw | Laugh boisterously. Both men guffawed at the remark. |
| hilarious | Boisterously merry. The meal was noisy and hilarious. |
| jocular | Characterized by jokes and good humor. His voice was jocular. |
| laugh | An act of laughing. He laughed off suggestions that the company was in trouble. |
| laughing | Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness. Laughing children. |
| nasty | Offensive or even (of persons) malicious. It s a nasty old night. |
| naughty | Suggestive of sexual impropriety. Naughty goings on. |
| playful | Intended for one’s own or others’ amusement rather than seriously. The ballet accents the playful use of movement. |
| prankster | Someone who plays practical jokes on others. |
| puckish | Naughtily or annoyingly playful. A puckish sense of humour. |
| rampant | Unrestrained in action or performance. A rich soil soon becomes home to rampant weeds. |
| repartee | Adroitness and cleverness in reply. He had a quick mind and a splendid gift of repartee. |
| risque | Suggestive of sexual impropriety. A risque story. |
| smile | Express with a smile. He smiled his admiration of the great stone circle. |
| smiling | Smiling with happiness or optimism. It s nice to see everyone s smiling faces. |
| smirk | Smile in an irritatingly smug, conceited, or silly way. He smirked in triumph. |
| snicker | A whinny. The horse flicked its ears and snickered with pleasure. |
| spank | Give a spanking to subject to a spanking. She was spanked for spilling ink on the carpet. |
| sportive | Playful; light-hearted. I was always a very sportive person I played almost every sport. |
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