mischief
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈmɪsʧɪf/
:
maldad
- We shall be here to protect her, and make sure that no mischief comes to her.
- great mischief
- make mischief
That creates a lot of turmoil and mischief in many people.
- That creates a lot of turmoil and mischief in many people.
- The idea of evil, I believe, makes a great deal of mischief.
- You create an enormous possibility for mischief and, and misfortune when it just becomes too easy to arrest people.
- For a long time, Pepe was just the icon for trolling, the icon for that kind of duplicitous online maneuvering, mischief making.
Examples
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Unedited videotapes in the public domain have a potential for mischief that has rarely been discussed.
Academic text (2010) -
Into whatever houses I enter, I will go for the advantage of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption.
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If you have no more money, you can cause no more mischief.
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You saved the two of us from similar mischief when we traveled together.
Fiction book (1992) -
Therefore, they value precedent to avoid the mischief that unnecessary change may cause.
Academic text (2016) -
Whether in innocence or mischief, she has secured the best seat in the house for herself.
Fiction book (1993) -
We will hear no more of him in this tale of trickery and mischief.
Fiction book (2000) -
As Alice Wallingsford packed up the nursery, she kept Darren out of mischief with his favored farm.
Fiction book (1990) -
The child's mischief at the party caused quite a bit of disruption among the guests.
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She was always getting into mischief, from pulling pranks on her friends to sneaking out at night.
Synonyms
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1.2
Being very bad and morally wrong, often causing harm to others
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7.3
Damage done on purpose to things to stop them working
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6.3
A wish to hurt someone or make them suffer
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6.2
A wrong action that hurts someone or breaks a rule
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8.1
Very bad actions that hurt other people
8
8.8
A feeling of wanting to harm other people
4
6.8
A tendency to cause damage to people or things
3
4.5
Actions done on purpose that cause problems or mischief
2
7.5
A wish to hurt or make other people suffer
1
4.8
How much something can hurt people, animals, or things
1
8.8
Behaviour that harms people or tricks them, sometimes as a prank
1
9.7
Bad behavior meant to annoy or hurt people
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6.0
The act of causing trouble or harm to others on purpose
1
7.3
Bad actions that harm people or break the law
1
9.6
Very evil behaviour that harms other people
1
9.9
Very bad actions that break the law
1
7.4
A wish to hurt, upset, or annoy other people
1
8.2
A crime of damaging another person's property on purpose
1
7.1
A bad action that breaks rules or harms other people
The act of doing harm or evil to others
The quality of causing harm to people or things
A look or feeling that seems threatening
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Etymology
Mischief comes from Old French parts mis- meaning 'bad' and -chief meaning 'state' or 'condition'. So it originally meant a 'bad state' or harmful act, which is why mischief can mean serious, harmful wrongdoing today.