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mischief
[ mis-chif ]
noun
- conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- 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:
- 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
/ ˈɪʃɪ /
noun
- wayward but not malicious behaviour, usually of children, that causes trouble, irritation, etc
- a playful inclination to behave in this way or to tease or disturb
- injury or harm caused by a person or thing
- a person, esp a child, who is mischievous
- a source of trouble, difficulty, etc
floods are a great mischief to the farmer
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of mischief1
Idioms and Phrases
see make mischief .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Three people have already appeared in court charged with malicious mischief in connection with the damage to the course.
And how all of that mayhem and mischief and joy that was going on beyond the camera was informing what was in front of the camera.
He added: "While the volume is the principal mischief it is clear that the nuisance is exacerbated by the repetition and poor quality of some of the performances".
There was nothing like Spy, a deeply reported New York gossip magazine with a literary soul and a bottomless sense of mischief.
The local Commission on Human Rights said nearly all cases it investigated uncovered mischief on the part of the police: covering up evidence, signs of torture.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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