Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mischievousness"
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)
mischievousness
n 1: an attribute of mischievous children [syn: {naughtiness}, {badness}]
2: the trait of behaving like an imp [syn: {impishness}, {puckishness},
{whimsicality}]
3: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
annoyance in others [syn: {mischief}, {mischief-making}, {deviltry},
{devilry}, {devilment}, {rascality}, {roguery}, {roguishness},
{shenanigan}]
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