mischievous
(adjective) deliberately causing harm or damage; “mischievous rumors and falsehoods”
arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked
(adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful; “teasing and worrying with impish laughter”; “a wicked prank”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mischievous (comparative more mischievous, superlative most mischievous)
Causing mischief; injurious.
Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.
The spelling "misch(i)evious" and similar ones can be found since the 16th century, so the corresponding pronunciation is at least as old. But despite being common in a wide range of social classes today, these spellings and the corresponding pronunciation are still considered nonstandard and often viewed as incorrect.
• (causing mischief): harmful, hurtful, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, destructive; see also harmful
• (badly-behaved): badly-behaved, naughty
• mischevious
Source: Wiktionary
Mis"chie*vous, a.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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