mischievous
adjEtymology
From Middle English myschevous, mischevous, from Anglo-Norman meschevous, from Old French meschever, from mes- (“mis-”) + chever (“come to an end”) (from chef (“head”)). By surface analysis, mischief + -ous.
- derived from meschever
- derived from meschevous
- inherited from myschevous
Definitions
Causing mischief
Causing mischief; injurious.
- ...; that good and bad actions at present are naturally rewarded and punished, not only as beneficial and mischievous to society, but also as virtuous and civious; ...
- On the whole, therefore, he concludes that the point of indulgence at which these self-passions or self-affections begin to be mischievous to the individual coincides with that at which they begin to be mischievous to society; ...
Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient
Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.
- Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.
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- synonymhurtful
- synonymdetrimental
- synonymnoxious
- synonympernicious
- synonymdestructive
- synonymharmful
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at mischievous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at mischievous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at mischievous
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA