English noun: mischief |
1. | mischief (act) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
|
| Synonyms | devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
|
| Broader (hypernym) | misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed |
|
| Narrower (hyponym) | blaze, hell, hooliganism, malicious mischief, monkey business, vandalism |
|
2. | mischief (attribute) the quality or nature of being harmful or evil |
|
| Synonyms | balefulness, maleficence |
|
| Broader (hypernym) | evil, evilness |
|
| Attribute | maleficent |
|
| Antonyms | beneficence |
|