mischief
21mischief — noun 1) the boys are always getting up to mischief Syn: naughtiness, bad behaviour, misbehaviour, misconduct, disobedience 2) the mischief in her eyes Syn: impishness, roguishness, glint, twinkle …
22mischief — In legislative parlance, the word is sometimes used to signify the evil or danger which a statute is intended to cure or avoid. In the phrase malicious mischief, (q.v.) it imports a wanton or reckless injury to persons or property. A person is… …
23mischief — In legislative parlance, the word is sometimes used to signify the evil or danger which a statute is intended to cure or avoid. In the phrase malicious mischief, (q.v.) it imports a wanton or reckless injury to persons or property. A person is… …
24mischief — Synonyms and related words: Discordia, Eris, abomination, atrocity, bad, bad boy, badness, bane, bankruptcy, befoulment, blight, booger, breakage, breakdown, buffoon, bugger, clash, clashing, collapse, conflict, contention, corruption, crack up,… …
25mischief — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. harm, injury; trouble; prank. See evil. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Damage] Syn. hurt, injury, trouble, harm; see damage 1 . 2. [Evil] Syn. atrocity, ill, catastrophe; see evil 2 , wrong 2 . 3.… …
26mischief — [13] Etymologically, mischief is something that ‘happens amiss’. The word comes from Old French meschef, a derivative of the verb meschever ‘meet with misfortune’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix mis ‘wrongly, amiss’ and chever… …
27mischief — sb. Alys. 3784; ‘with mischief’ == hardly. Alys. 3775 …
28mischief — [ mɪstʃɪf] noun 1》 playful misbehaviour or troublemaking. 2》 harm or trouble caused by someone or something. 3》 Law a wrong or hardship which it is the object of a statute to remove or for which the common law affords a remedy. Phrases do someone …
29mischief — mis•chief [[t]ˈmɪs tʃɪf[/t]] n. 1) conduct or activity that causes petty annoyance 2) a tendency to tease or annoy 3) harm or trouble: to come to mischief[/ex] 4) an injury or evil caused by a person or thing 5) a cause or source of harm, evil,… …
30mischief — /ˈmɪstʃəf / (say mischuhf) noun 1. conduct such as to tease or cause playfully petty annoyance. 2. a tendency or disposition to tease or vex. 3. teasing, vexatious, or annoying action. 4. harm or trouble, especially as due to an agent or cause. 5 …
