Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

mischievousmore about mischievous

mischievous

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mischievous  \Mis"chie*vous\,  a. 
  Causing  mischief;  harmful;  hurtful;  --  now  often  applied 
  where  the  evil  is  done  carelessly  or  in  sport;  as  a 
  mischievous  child.  ``Most  mischievous  foul  sin.''  --Shak. 
 
  This  false,  wily,  doubling  disposition  is  intolerably 
  mischievous  to  society.  --South. 
 
  Syn:  Harmful;  hurtful;  detrimental;  noxious;  pernicious; 
  destructive.  --  {Mis"chie*vous*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Mis"chie*vous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mischievous 
  adj  1:  naughtily  or  annoyingly  playful;  "teasing  and  worrying  with 
  impish  laughter"  [syn:  {impish},  {implike},  {pixilated}, 
  {prankish},  {puckish}] 
  2:  badly  behaved;  "he  was  saucy  and  mischievous  in  school";  "a 
  naughty  boy"  [syn:  {naughty}] 
  3:  deliberately  causing  harm  or  damage;  "mischievous  rumors  and 
  falsehoods"




more about mischievous