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mischievous
adjective as in devilish, wicked
Weak matches
arch, artful, bad, bothersome, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, exasperating, foxy, frolicsome, harmful, hazardous, hurtful, ill, ill-behaved, injurious, insidious, irksome, malignant, misbehaving, perilous, pernicious, precarious, puckish, rascal, rascally, risky, sinful, spiteful, sportive, teasing, tricky, troublesome, vexatious, vexing, vicious, wayward
Example Sentences
“If I’m told, ‘Go,’ I’ll go, but if possible, I’d like to do my best cheering,” Yamamoto said with a mischievous smile.
The pair soon find themselves uncovering a mischievous mystery with the help of Mr Tickle and his extraordinarily long arms.
There’s a pecorino plum crumble, for instance, and a gouda apple galette, combinations that sound mischievous until you taste how naturally they click.
The Queen has shared a wistful but mischievous memory of her longstanding friend Dame Jilly Cooper, as she spoke at a book festival six days after the author's death at the age of 88.
Many of the portrayals are mischievous and amusing.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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