1.
[syn: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked]
2. deliberately causing harm or damage;
- Example: "mischievous rumors and falsehoods"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mischievous \Mis"chie*vous\ (m[i^]s"ch[-e]*v[u^]s), 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.
[1913 Webster]
This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably
mischievous to society. --South.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious;
destructive.
[1913 Webster] -- Mis"chie*vous*ly, adv. --
Mis"chie*vous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mischievous
adj 1: naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying
with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" [syn: arch,
impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated,
prankish, puckish, wicked]
2: deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and
falsehoods"