NOUN | act | mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
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attribute | mischief, maleficence, balefulness | the quality or nature of being harmful or evil |
Sounds | mih'schahf | |
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Rhymes | aleph ... woodruff: 40 rhymes with ahf... |
Meaning | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others. | |
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Synonyms | mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan | |
Narrower | hell, blaze | noisy and unrestrained / unrestrained mischief |
monkey business | mischievous or deceitful behavior | |
vandalism, hooliganism, malicious mischief | Willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others | |
Broader | misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed | Improper or wicked or immoral behavior |
Spanish | bellaquería, bribonería, diablura, malicia, truhanería | |
Catalan | berganteria, brivallada, diableria, entremaliadura, truaneria | |
Adjectives | mischievous | deliberately causing harm or damage / damage |
Meaning | The quality or nature of being harmful or evil. | |
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Synonyms | maleficence, balefulness | |
Attributes | maleficent | harmful or evil in intent or effect |
Broader | evil, evilness | The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice |
Opposite | beneficence | The quality of being kind or helpful or generous |
Spanish | maleficencia | |
Adjectives | mischievous | deliberately causing harm or damage / damage |
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