English noun: mischievousness |
1. | mischievousness (attribute) an attribute of mischievous children |
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| Synonyms | badness, naughtiness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | disobedience |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | prankishness, rascality, roguishness |
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2. | mischievousness (attribute) the trait of behaving like an imp |
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| Synonyms | impishness, puckishness, whimsicality |
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| Broader (hypernym) | fun, playfulness |
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3. | mischievousness (act) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
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| Synonyms | devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
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| Broader (hypernym) | misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | blaze, hell, hooliganism, malicious mischief, monkey business, vandalism |
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