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behaviour, especially a child's, that is slightly bad but is not intended to cause serious harm or damage: She's a lively little girl, full of mischief. He needs a hobby to keep him busy and stop him from getting into mischief. Maybe a new bike would keep him out of mischief.
The meaning of MISCHIEF is a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent. How to use mischief in a sentence.
Synonyms for MISCHIEF: devilment, playfulness, mischievousness, deviltry, wickedness, rascality, devilry, roguishness; Antonyms of MISCHIEF: seriousness, gravity, solemnity, gravitas, solemnness, earnestness, soberness, sternness
behavior, especially a child's, that is slightly bad but is not intended to cause serious harm or damage: She's a lively little girl, full of mischief. He needs a hobby to keep him busy and stop him from getting into mischief. Maybe a new bike would keep him out of mischief.
People who pull pranks, make jokes, and do things that annoy other people — but aren't really awful — are good at mischief. Mischief is a word for things that are a little bad or reckless but ultimately harmless. Hitting someone with a spitball is mischief.
a tendency or disposition to tease, vex, or annoy. a vexatious or annoying action. harm or trouble, especially as a result of an agent or cause. Synonyms: hurt. an injury or evil caused by a person or other agent or cause. a cause or source of harm, evil, or annoyance. the devil. mischief. / ˈmɪstʃɪf /.
mischief in British English. (ˈmɪstʃɪf ) noun. 1. wayward but not malicious behaviour, usually of children, that causes trouble, irritation, etc. 2. a playful inclination to behave in this way or to tease or disturb. 3. injury or harm caused by a person or thing.
Definition of mischief noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Middle English, from Old French, meschief, from meschever (“to bring to grief" ), from mes- (“badly" ) + chever (“happen", "come to a head" ), from Vulgar Latin * capare, from Latin caput (“head" ) From Wiktionary.
MISCHIEF definition: behaviour, usually of a child, which is slightly bad but not serious. Learn more.
