mischief
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmɪstʃɪf/, /ˈmɪʃtʃɪf/
mischief
- (uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- Synonyms: delinquency, naughtiness, roguery, scampishness, Thesaurus:villainy, Thesaurus:mischief
- Drink led to mischief.
- (countable) A playfully annoying action.
- John's mischief, tying his shoelaces together, irked George at first.
- (collective) A group or a pack of rats.
- 2014, G. W. Rennie, The Rat Chronicles, iUniverse ISBN 9781491738313, page 21
- Kirac, the leader of the rats under his charge, speaks to the major through his telepathic abilities that manifested after the alien virus infected him and his mischief of rats.
- 2015, Rachel Smith, John Davidson, Rats For Kids, Mendon Cottage Books ISBN 9781311748102, page 6
- A group of rats is not a herd or a gaggle, but a pack or a mischief of rats. Rats in general are omnivorous, meaning they will eat almost anything.
- 2014, G. W. Rennie, The Rat Chronicles, iUniverse ISBN 9781491738313, page 21
- (archaic) Harm or injury:
- (uncountable) Harm or trouble caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.
- She had mischief in her heart.
- Sooner or later he'll succeed in doing some serious mischief.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume I, Chapter 8:
- Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
- (countable) An injury or an instance of harm or trouble caused by a person or other agent or cause.
- It may end in her doing a great mischief to herself—and perhaps to others too.
- (uncountable) Harm or trouble caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.
- (archaic, countable) A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.
- Synonyms: bad boy, knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, Thesaurus:villain, Thesaurus:troublemaker
- (euphemism) The Devil; used as an expletive.
- 1967, The Statesman (volume 12, page 260)
- What the mischief are you? and how the mischief did you get here, and where in thunder did you come from?
- 1967, The Statesman (volume 12, page 260)
- (harm or injury) agitation, annoyance, corruption, damage, demolition, destruction, detriment, disablement, disruption, evil, harm, hurt, ill, impairment, incapacitation, injury, nuisance, pique, ravage, sabotage, scathe, trouble, undoing, unmaking, vexation, weakening, wrong
- French: espièglerie, bêtise
- German: Unfug, Unheil, Querulantentum
- Italian: vessatorio, indisponente
- Portuguese: travessura
- Russian: озорство́
- Spanish: travesura, diablura, gamberrada
- French: espièglerie, polissonnerie
- German: Unheil, Unfug, Aufruhr
- Italian: danno, malanno, birboneria, bravata
- Portuguese: dano, travessura
- Russian: вред
- Spanish: travesura, diablura, daño, maldad, picardía
- French: espiègle
- German: Störenfried, Unruhestifter, Rowdy, Schläger, Aufrührer, Anstifter
- Italian: malandrino, birbone
- Portuguese: travesso
- Russian: озорни́к
- Spanish: revoltoso, travieso
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