Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mischievous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mischievous \Mis"chie*vous\, a.
Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied
where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a
mischievous child. ``Most mischievous foul sin.'' --Shak.
This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably
mischievous to society. --South.
Syn: Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious;
destructive. -- {Mis"chie*vous*ly}, adv. --
{Mis"chie*vous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mischievous
adj 1: naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with
impish laughter" [syn: {impish}, {implike}, {pixilated},
{prankish}, {puckish}]
2: badly behaved; "he was saucy and mischievous in school"; "a
naughty boy" [syn: {naughty}]
3: deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and
falsehoods"
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