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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mis•chief /ˈmɪstʃɪf/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- conduct or activity that causes slight annoyance:The children were always getting into mischief.
- a tendency to tease or annoy:Her eyes were full of mischief.
- harm or trouble:to come to mischief.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mis•chief (mis′chif ),USA pronunciation n. - conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- a tendency or disposition to tease, vex, or annoy.
- a vexatious or annoying action.
- harm or trouble, esp. as a result of an agent or cause.
- an injury or evil caused by a person or other agent or cause.
- a cause or source of harm, evil, or annoyance.
- the devil.
- Old French, noun, nominal derivative of meschever to end badly, come to grief. See mis-1, achieve
- Middle English meschef 1250–1300
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hurt. See damage.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mischief /ˈmɪstʃɪf/ n - wayward but not malicious behaviour, usually of children, that causes trouble, irritation, etc
- a playful inclination to behave in this way or to tease or disturb
- injury or harm caused by a person or thing
- a person, esp a child, who is mischievous
- a source of trouble, difficulty, etc
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French meschief disaster, from meschever to meet with calamity; from mes- mis-1 + chever to reach an end, from chef end, chief |