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mischievous
adjectiveas indevilish, wicked
Weak matches
arch,artful,bad,bothersome,damaging,dangerous,deleterious,destructive,detrimental,evil,exasperating,foxy,frolicsome,harmful,hazardous,hurtful,ill,ill-behaved,injurious,insidious,irksome,malignant,misbehaving,perilous,pernicious,precarious,puckish,rascal,rascally,risky,sinful,spiteful,sportive,teasing,tricky,troublesome,vexatious,vexing,vicious,wayward
Example Sentences
Child actor Jay North, famous for playing mischievous Dennis the Menace, died at 73 after a long fight with cancer.
The family of Mr John said while he "pushed their patience with his mischievous acts", he always had a way of making them laugh when they needed it most.
Their mischievous, vulgar entertainments are essentially mainstream, though this may just be because their movies have redefined what is mainstream — “movies,” not “films.”
Jordan, who was known across the world for his outspoken, mischievous character, achieved rare success as an independent team owner.
They apologised to competitors for the "mischievous interference" and offered affected runners a discount on entry to their next event.
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Related Words
Words related tomischievous are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the wordmischievous. Browse related words to learn more about word associations.
badadjectiveas indisobedient or mischievous
adjectiveas indisobedient or mischievous
damagingadjectiveas inhurtful to reputation
adjectiveas inhurtful to reputation
deleteriousadjectiveas inharmful, damaging
adjectiveas inharmful, damaging
detrimentaladjectiveas indamaging, disadvantageous
adjectiveas indamaging, disadvantageous
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