| 单词 | mischievous |
| 释义 | mischievous (once / 730 pages) adj If you’re the one making prank phone calls at 3 am and you can’t resist short-sheeting your camp counselor’s bunk, you're mischievous. If your dog likes to decorate your house with streamers of toilet paper, he's mischievous, too. You can be mischievous in harmless, playful ways, or you might also use the word mischievous to describe behavior that's more than just a little naughty. If you post online some embarrassing photos of an acquaintance, your more generous friends might describe your behavior as mischievous, although others might accuse you of being downright mean. Keep in mind that the word has only three syllables: MIS-chuh-vuhs. WORD FAMILYmischievous: mischievouser, mischievousest, mischievously, mischievousness+/mischief: mischiefs, mischievous/mischievousness: mischievousnesses USAGE EXAMPLESBut if one thing connects Ms. Bening’s many onscreen women, it is the mischievous confidence she brings to that simple, irreverent question, “Why not?” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) These images are by turn — and sometimes all at once — bold, unflinching, poetic, familiar, cloaked, direct, joyful, defiant, mischievous and suspicious. Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) “It actually wasn’t me,” he said, with a mischievous smile. The New Yorker(Dec 15, 2016) 1adj naughtily or annoyingly playful Syn arch, impish, implike, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked playful full of fun and high spirits 2adj deliberately causing harm or damage mischievous rumors and falsehoods Syn harmful causing or capable of causing harm |
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