mischiefnoun
uk/ˈmɪs.tʃɪf/us/ˈmɪs.tʃɪf/[ U ] behaviour, especially a child's, that is slightly bad but is not intended to cause serious harm or damage:
She's a lively little girl, full of mischief.
He needs a hobby to keep him busy and stop him from getting into mischief.
Maybe a new bike would keep him out of mischief.
I hope you haven't been up to any mischief while I was gone.
[ U ] informal damage or harm:
criminal mischief
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bad but attractive
- cheeky
- devilish
- devilment
- impish
- juicy
- mischievous
- primrose
- puckish
- rascal
- roguish
- sinful
- the primrose path idiom
- wicked
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Damaging and spoiling
Idiom(s)
do sb/yourself a mischief
make mischief