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Definition of devilment in English: devilmentnoun ˈdɛv(ə)lm(ə)ntˈdɛvəlmənt mass nounReckless mischief; wild spirits. his eyes were blazing with devilment Example sentencesExamples - Out of devilment, Ferguson then had the audacity to offer a four-to-one bet that Larsson would not score against his team.
- Her hearty, infectious laugh and sense of devilment endeared her to everyone in the community as evidenced by the crowds who turned out for her removal to St. Joseph's, Geevagh on Tuesday evening.
- He played with panache, skill and a touch of devilment.
- No doubt eldest will not say a word until Christmas lunch when she'll engineer a spat just for pure devilment, saying ‘why didn't she get a say?’
- Speaking of this time in his life brings a beaming grin to his face - a mixture of devilment and sheer happiness.
- Sheer devilment made me raise someone's bid at the last minute.
- I thought, just for devilment, I wonder - if I grew a beard would they throw me out?
- ‘When the time comes and the legs do give up I will find some other devilment to get up to,’ she joked.
- He was as bright as a button, full of humour and with a large dash of devilment thrown in!
- There is too much spring in his step and devilment in his game.
- There was more devilment than conviction, but the comment spoke volumes about how McLeish and his players' morale had been transformed by the little matter of putting one over on Celtic.
- In the second half, we dominated and with a little more devilment in the box could have won the game.
- And being part of a crowd has obligations - not shouting ‘fire’ for devilment, for example, in a crowded room.
- Life, it seems, had other plans for Jim; perhaps it had become a bit dull up on high and they coveted his unique brand of devilment.
- We ought not to participate in devilment by tolerating it.
- His teacher, Imelda Mulligan said: ‘Brian was a boy who loved life itself and his eyes were full of devilment.’
- It is a chance to express their natural desire for a little creative devilment, usually at the expense of their conformist elders.
- ‘It was pure devilment, really,’ O'Neill says.
- We need to get at them at the back, play well, and have a little bit of devilment in our finishing.
- Her pleasant smile, the glint in the eye and genuine sense of fun and devilment made her very popular and you were always assured of a good laugh and a merry time when she was around the place.
Synonyms mischief, naughtiness, badness, bad behaviour, misbehaviour, mischievousness, troublemaking, misconduct, misdemeanour, perversity, disobedience, pranks, impishness, tricks, larks, capers, nonsense, roguery, rascality, devilry, funny business
Definition of devilment in US English: devilmentnounˈdevəlməntˈdɛvəlmənt Reckless mischief; wild spirits. his eyes were blazing with devilment Example sentencesExamples - There is too much spring in his step and devilment in his game.
- He played with panache, skill and a touch of devilment.
- ‘When the time comes and the legs do give up I will find some other devilment to get up to,’ she joked.
- There was more devilment than conviction, but the comment spoke volumes about how McLeish and his players' morale had been transformed by the little matter of putting one over on Celtic.
- Her pleasant smile, the glint in the eye and genuine sense of fun and devilment made her very popular and you were always assured of a good laugh and a merry time when she was around the place.
- No doubt eldest will not say a word until Christmas lunch when she'll engineer a spat just for pure devilment, saying ‘why didn't she get a say?’
- It is a chance to express their natural desire for a little creative devilment, usually at the expense of their conformist elders.
- Speaking of this time in his life brings a beaming grin to his face - a mixture of devilment and sheer happiness.
- Life, it seems, had other plans for Jim; perhaps it had become a bit dull up on high and they coveted his unique brand of devilment.
- In the second half, we dominated and with a little more devilment in the box could have won the game.
- We need to get at them at the back, play well, and have a little bit of devilment in our finishing.
- His teacher, Imelda Mulligan said: ‘Brian was a boy who loved life itself and his eyes were full of devilment.’
- Out of devilment, Ferguson then had the audacity to offer a four-to-one bet that Larsson would not score against his team.
- We ought not to participate in devilment by tolerating it.
- ‘It was pure devilment, really,’ O'Neill says.
- He was as bright as a button, full of humour and with a large dash of devilment thrown in!
- And being part of a crowd has obligations - not shouting ‘fire’ for devilment, for example, in a crowded room.
- I thought, just for devilment, I wonder - if I grew a beard would they throw me out?
- Her hearty, infectious laugh and sense of devilment endeared her to everyone in the community as evidenced by the crowds who turned out for her removal to St. Joseph's, Geevagh on Tuesday evening.
- Sheer devilment made me raise someone's bid at the last minute.
Synonyms mischief, naughtiness, badness, bad behaviour, misbehaviour, mischievousness, troublemaking, misconduct, misdemeanour, perversity, disobedience, pranks, impishness, tricks, larks, capers, nonsense, roguery, rascality, devilry, funny business
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