Definition of mischievous

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Mischievous (a.) Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child..

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Destructive :: Destructive (a.) Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth..
Meaning :: Meaning (n.) That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim; object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent..
Sly :: Sly (v. t.) Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
Goblin :: Goblin (n.) An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.
Malicious :: Malicious (a.) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act..
Wily :: Wily (superl.) Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle..
Knavishly :: Knavishly (adv.) Mischievously; waggishly; roguishly.
Pestilential :: Pestilential (a.) Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive.
Unhappy :: Unhappy (a.) Mischievous; wanton; wicked.
Litherly :: Litherly (a.) Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.
Evil :: Evil (a.) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop..
Monkey :: Monkey (n.) A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child..
Vermin :: Vermin (n. sing. & pl.) A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc..
Nocent :: Nocent (a.) Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities..
Venomous :: Venomous (a.) Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a venomous writer..
Envious :: Envious (a.) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
Antidote :: Antidote (n.) Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce..
Injuriously :: Injuriously (adv.) In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously.
Shrewd :: Shrewd (superl.) Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish..
Waggery :: Waggery (n.) The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy..
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