'Mischievousness' definitions:
Definition of 'mischievousness'
(from WordNet)
noun
An attribute of mischievous children [syn: naughtiness, mischievousness, badness]
noun
noun
Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others [syn: mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan]
Definition of 'Mischievousness'
From: GCIDE
- Mischievous \Mis"chie*vous\ (m[i^]s"ch[-e]*v[u^]s), a. Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. "Most mischievous foul sin." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably mischievous to society. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious; destructive. [1913 Webster] -- {Mis"chie*vous*ly}, adv. -- {Mis"chie*vous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mischievousness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annoying,
- belie,
- color,
- devilment,
- devilry,
- deviltry,
- diablerie,
- distort,
- evil,
- falsify,
- garble,
- harm,
- hurt,
- impishness,
- injury,
- mischief,
- miscolor,
- misstate,
- odiousness,
- offensiveness,
- pervert,
- roguery,
- roguishness,
- sportiveness,
- teasing,
- twist,
- waggery,
- waggishness,
- warp