EGAVE

mischievous

About 1.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Causing mischief; injurious.
  2. adjective Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.
    Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.

Similar words

impish prankish naughty puckish playful pixilated harmful bad implike wicked

Often followed by

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Word family

mischievously mischievousness mischievousnesses

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