mischief

Speech parts

1. mischief - Noun

2. mischief - Verb

Meaning

Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport.

Cause of trouble or vexation; trouble.

To do harm to.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

damage evil injury ill harm detriment hurt wrong impairment rascality devilry shenanigan maleficence roguery deviltry

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Antonyms

amity grace support good help treatment

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Hypernyms

evil misbehavior misdeed evilness misbehaviour

Hyponyms

hell vandalism blaze monkey business hooliganism malicious mischief

Phrases with the word

make mischief get up to mischief make mischief between keep out of mischief do a lot of mischief human mischief

Examples

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief. Henry Fielding

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately. Michel de Montaigne

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief. Jane Austen

A girl unemployed is thinking of mischief. French Proverb

The soldier is well paid for doing mischief. Italian Proverb

Who is up to mischief will get beaten. Estonian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

mischeck Mischel mischevious mischief jay Mischief Night mischief rule