| NOUN | act | shenanigan, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
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| act | shenanigan, trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
| Sounds | shahnae'nihgahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others. | |
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| Synonyms | mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness | |
| 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 | |
| Meaning | The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them). | |
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| Synonyms | trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile | |
| Narrower | fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on | Something intended to deceive |
| jugglery | artful trickery designed to achieve an end | |
| Broader | deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation | The act of deceiving / deceiving |
| Spanish | ardid, argucia, arte, artería, astucia, embaucamiento, engaño, estratagema, farfolla, fullería, picaresca, sofisma, treta | |
| Catalan | ardit, arteria, art, astúcia, engalipada, estratagema, farfolla, sofisma | |
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