adj
Meaning 1
Causing mischief; injurious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mischievous
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪ.vəs/ without weak vowel merger
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/ˈmɪs.t͡ʃə.vəs/ weak vowel merger
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/mɪsˈt͡ʃiː.vi.əs/ nonstandard; often along with the spellings mischievious and/or mischevious
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dated: /mɪsˈt͡ʃiː.vəs/
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adj
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
deliberately causing harm or damage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- mischievous rumors and falsehoods
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
naughtily or annoyingly playful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- teasing and worrying with impish laughter
- a wicked prank
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arch, impish, implike, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English myschevous, mischevous, from Anglo-Norman meschevous, from Old French meschever, from mes- (“mis-”) + chever (“come to an end”) (from chef (“head”)). By surface analysis, mischief + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
161 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: ondeund — causing mischief
- Bulgarian: непослушен (neposlušen) — causing mischief
- Bulgarian: пакостлив (pakostliv) — causing mischief
- Catalan: entremaliat — causing mischief
- Chinese Mandarin: 有害 (yǒuhài) — causing mischief
- Danish: fræk — causing mischief
- Dutch: kwetsend — causing mischief
- Dutch: beledigend — causing mischief
- Esperanto: petolema — causing mischief
- Finnish: haitallinen — causing mischief
- French: espiègle — causing mischief
- Galician: renarte — causing mischief
- Galician: bergante — causing mischief
- Galician: pilengre — causing mischief
- Galician: lumedrudo — causing mischief
- Galician: adecán — causing mischief
- Galician: xistrón — causing mischief
- Galician: pillabán — causing mischief
- Galician: galdrido — causing mischief
- Galician: congorro — causing mischief
- Galician: perillán — causing mischief
- Galician: pélgaro — causing mischief
- Galician: méicharo — causing mischief
- Galician: zorriaino — causing mischief
- Galician: piardeiro — causing mischief
- Galician: pegureiro — causing mischief
- Galician: galbín — causing mischief
- Galician: galafate — causing mischief
- Georgian: მავნე (mavne) — causing mischief
- German: boshaft — causing mischief
- German: schädlich — causing mischief
- Hungarian: kártékony — causing mischief
- Hungarian: ártalmas — causing mischief
- Hungarian: káros — causing mischief
- Hungarian: veszedelmes — causing mischief
- Irish: toirmeascach — causing mischief
- Irish: anmhailíseach — causing mischief
- Italian: vivace — causing mischief
- Italian: birichino — causing mischief
- Italian: dispettoso — causing mischief
- Northern Kurdish: ziyander — causing mischief
- Northern Kurdish: zererder — causing mischief
- Lithuanian: išdaigus — causing mischief
- Māori: amionga — causing mischief
- Māori: raweke — causing mischief
- Māori: rawahanga — causing mischief
- Māori: porohīanga — causing mischief
- Polish: szkodliwy — causing mischief
- Portuguese: bagunceiro — causing mischief
- Portuguese: sapeca — causing mischief
- Romanian: rău — causing mischief
- Russian: пакостный (pakostnyj) — causing mischief
- Spanish: pícaro — causing mischief
- Spanish: travieso — causing mischief
- Swedish: busig — causing mischief
- Turkish: haşarı — causing mischief
- Turkish: yaramaz — causing mischief
- Turkish: bacaksız — causing mischief
- Yiddish: שטיפֿעריש (shtiferish) — causing mischief
- Afrikaans: stout — naughty
- Arabic: شِرِّير (širrīr) — naughty
- Arabic: مُؤْذٍ (muʔḏin) — naughty
- Arabic: الْمُؤْذِي (al-muʔḏī) — naughty
- Bulgarian: злонамерен (zlonameren) — naughty
- Catalan: entremaliat — naughty
- Chinese Mandarin: 頑皮 /顽皮 (wánpí) — naughty
- Chinese Mandarin: 淘氣 /淘气 (táoqì) — naughty
- Chinese Mandarin: 調皮 /调皮 (tiáopí) — naughty
- Danish: fræk — naughty
- Dutch: gemeen — naughty
- Dutch: stout — naughty
- Esperanto: petolema — naughty
- Esperanto: ŝercema — naughty
- Estonian: ulakas — naughty
- Estonian: sõnakuulmatu — naughty
- Estonian: häbematu — naughty
- Finnish: ilkikurinen — naughty
- Finnish: pahankurinen — naughty
- Finnish: pahanilkinen — naughty
- Finnish: ilkeä — naughty
- French: coquin — naughty
- French: espiègle — naughty
- French: malicieux — naughty
- French: malin — naughty
- French: méchant — naughty
- Galician: renarte — naughty
- Galician: bergante — naughty
- Galician: pilengre — naughty
- Galician: lumedrudo — naughty
- Galician: adecán — naughty
- Galician: xistrón — naughty
- Galician: pillabán — naughty
- Galician: galdrido — naughty
- Galician: congorro — naughty
- Galician: perillán — naughty
- Galician: pélgaro — naughty
- Galician: méicharo — naughty
- Galician: zorriaino — naughty
- Galician: piardeiro — naughty
- Galician: pegureiro — naughty
- Galician: galbín — naughty
- Galician: galafate — naughty
- Galician: lambuzas — naughty
- Galician: loubán — naughty
- Galician: magán — naughty
- Galician: esculapeiro — naughty
- Galician: abol — naughty
- Galician: mandito — naughty
- Galician: mangoleteiro — naughty
- Galician: falcatrueiro — naughty
- German: unartig — naughty
- German: ungehorsam — naughty
- German: dreist — naughty
- German: frech — naughty
- German: spitzbübisch — naughty
- German: schelmisch — naughty
- Hindi: बदमाश (badmāś) — naughty
- Hungarian: csintalan — naughty
- Hungarian: pajkos — naughty
- Hungarian: huncut — naughty
- Hungarian: csibész — naughty
- Hungarian: pimasz — naughty
- Hungarian: zsivány — naughty
- Hungarian: betyár — naughty
- Hungarian: kópé — naughty
- Irish: anmhailíseach — naughty
- Italian: malizioso — naughty
- Italian: piccante — naughty
- Japanese: わんぱくな (wanpaku-na) — naughty
- Japanese: いたずらな (itazura-na) — naughty
- Japanese: やんちゃな (yancha-na) — naughty
- Japanese: 行儀が悪い (gyōgi-ga warui) — naughty
- Korean: 장난꾸러기의 (jangnankkureogiui) — naughty
- Northern Kurdish: şûm — naughty
- Northern Kurdish: neqet — naughty
- Northern Kurdish: destmatî — naughty
- Northern Kurdish: venehewiyayî — naughty
- Māori: hanariki — naughty
- Māori: hīanga — naughty
- Polish: psotny — naughty
- Polish: figlarny — naughty
- Polish: szelmowski — naughty
- Portuguese: levado — naughty
- Portuguese: travesso — naughty
- Romanian: răutăcios — naughty
- Romanian: răuvoitor — naughty
- Romanian: obraznic — naughty
- Russian: озорно́й (ozornój) — naughty
- Russian: непослу́шный (neposlúšnyj) — naughty
- Russian: шаловли́вый (šalovlívyj) — naughty
- Serbo-Croatian: нева̀љао — naughty
- Serbo-Croatian: nevàljao — naughty
- Spanish: travieso — naughty
- Turkish: haşarı — naughty
- Turkish: yaramaz — naughty
- Turkish: afacan — naughty
- Turkish: haylaz — naughty
- Turkish: bacaksız — naughty
- Ukrainian: бешке́тний (beškétnyj) — naughty
- Ukrainian: пустотли́вий (pustotlývyj) — naughty
- Yiddish: שטיפֿעריש (shtiferish) — naughty
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