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The definition of mischievous is someone or something that causes harm or likes to play and annoy with tricks.

(adjective)

An example of mischievous is setting up traps for people to trip on.
An example of mischievous is a child doing something even though they've been told not to.

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See mischievous in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

causing mischief; specif.,
1. injurious; harmful
2. prankish; teasing; full of tricks
inclined to annoy or vex with playful tricks; naughty: said esp. of a child

Origin: ME mischevous < Anglo-Fr

Related Forms:

mischievously adverb
mischievousness noun

See mischievous in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Causing mischief.
Playful in a naughty or teasing way.
Troublesome; irritating: a mischievous prank.
Causing harm, injury, or damage: mischievous rumors and falsehoods.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English mischevous

Origin: , from mischef, mischief; see mischief

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Related Forms:

misˈchie·vous·ly adverb

misˈchie·vous·ness noun

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