Impish — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

naughtily or annoyingly playful

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɪmpɪʃ/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɪmpɪʃ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɪmpɪʃ/

2 syllables Say it as /ˈɪmpɪʃ/.

Examples

teasing and worrying with impish laughter
a wicked prank

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

implike pixilated wicked prankish puckish mischievous arch

Parts of Speech

adjective

naughtily or annoyingly playful

“teasing and worrying with impish laughter”

Word Forms

impishness	noun	the trait of behaving like an imp
mischievousness	noun	the trait of behaving like an imp
prankishness	noun	the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
puckishness	noun	the trait of behaving like an imp

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schelmisch

frech oder nervig verspielt

🇫🇷French

espiègle

ludique ou ennuyeux

🇪🇸Spanish

travieso

travieso o molestamente juguetón

🇮🇹Italian

birichino

maliziosamente o fastidiosamente giocoso

🇳🇱Dutch

ondeugend

ondeugend of hinderlijk speels

🇵🇹Portuguese

travesso

maliciosamente ou irritantemente brincalhão

🇷🇺Russian

озорной

озорной или раздражающе игривый

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शरारती

शरारती या कष्टप्रद रूप से चंचल

🇧🇩Bengali

নির্বোধ

🇮🇳Tamil

இழிவான

குறும்புத்தனமாக அல்லது எரிச்சலூட்டும் வகையில் விளையாட்டுத்தனமாக

🇮🇳Telugu

నిష్కపటమైన

కొంటెగా లేదా చిరాకుగా ఉల్లాసభరితంగా ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

मूर्ख

खोडकर किंवा त्रासदायक खेळकर

🇮🇳Gujarati

અસ્પષ્ટ

તોફાની અથવા હેરાન કરનાર રમતિયાળ

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿಷ್ಕಪಟ

ತುಂಟತನದಿಂದ ಅಥವಾ ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿಯಿಂದ ತಮಾಷೆಯಾಗಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഇച്ഛാഭംഗം

വികൃതിയായോ അലോസരപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതോ ആയ കളി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਸ਼ਲੀਲ

ਸ਼ਰਾਰਤੀ ਜਾਂ ਤੰਗ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਖੇਡਣ ਵਾਲਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بیوقوف

شرارتی یا پریشان کن چنچل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

顽皮的

调皮地或烦人地玩耍

🇯🇵Japanese

生意気な

いたずらまたは迷惑なほどふざける

🇰🇷Korean

작은 악마 같은

장난스럽거나 짜증스러울 정도로 장난스럽다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tinh quái

nghịch ngợm hoặc nghịch ngợm một cách khó chịu

🇹🇭Thai

พูดเป็นนัย

ขี้เล่นหรือน่ารำคาญ

🇮🇩Indonesian

nakal

nakal atau menjengkelkan main-main

🇲🇾Malay

kurang ajar

nakal atau menjengkelkan bermain-main

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شرير

لعوب بشكل شقي أو مزعج

🇮🇷Persian

بی حیا

بازیگوش شیطانی یا آزاردهنده

🇹🇷Turkish

şeytani

yaramaz veya sinir bozucu derecede eğlenceli

🇮🇱Hebrew

שׁוֹבָבִי

שובב או מעצבן שובב

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