Mischievous — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

naughtily or annoyingly playful

deliberately causing harm or damage

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈɪstʃɪvəs/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈɪstʃɪvəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈɪstʃɪvəs/

3 syllables Say it as /mˈɪstʃɪvəs/.

Examples

teasing and worrying with impish laughter
a wicked prank
mischievous rumors and falsehoods

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

impish implike pixilated wicked prankish puckish arch

Parts of Speech

adjective	naughtily or annoyingly playful “teasing and worrying with impish laughter”
adjective	deliberately causing harm or damage “mischievous rumors and falsehoods”

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
mischief	noun	the quality or nature of being harmful or evil

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

spitzbübisch

frech oder nervig verspielt

🇫🇷French

espiègle

ludique ou ennuyeux

🇪🇸Spanish

travieso

travieso o molestamente juguetón

🇮🇹Italian

malizioso

maliziosamente o fastidiosamente giocoso

🇳🇱Dutch

ondeugend

ondeugend of hinderlijk speels

🇵🇹Portuguese

pernicioso

maliciosamente ou irritantemente brincalhão

🇷🇺Russian

озорной

озорной или раздражающе игривый

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शरारती

शरारती या कष्टप्रद रूप से चंचल

🇧🇩Bengali

দুষ্টু

🇮🇳Tamil

குறும்புக்கார

குறும்புத்தனமாக அல்லது எரிச்சலூட்டும் வகையில் விளையாட்டுத்தனமாக

🇮🇳Telugu

కొంటెగా

కొంటెగా లేదా చిరాకుగా ఉల్లాసభరితంగా ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

खोडकर

खोडकर किंवा त्रासदायक खेळकर

🇮🇳Gujarati

તોફાની

તોફાની અથવા હેરાન કરનાર રમતિયાળ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚೇಷ್ಟೆಯ

ತುಂಟತನದಿಂದ ಅಥವಾ ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿಯಿಂದ ತಮಾಷೆಯಾಗಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വികൃതിയായ

വികൃതിയായോ അലോസരപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതോ ആയ കളി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸ਼ਰਾਰਤੀ

ਸ਼ਰਾਰਤੀ ਜਾਂ ਤੰਗ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਖੇਡਣ ਵਾਲਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

شرارتی

شرارتی یا پریشان کن چنچل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

恶作剧

调皮地或烦人地玩耍

🇯🇵Japanese

いたずらっぽい

いたずらまたは迷惑なほどふざける

🇰🇷Korean

장난스러운

장난스럽거나 짜증스러울 정도로 장난스럽다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tinh nghịch

nghịch ngợm hoặc nghịch ngợm một cách khó chịu

🇹🇭Thai

ซุกซน

ขี้เล่นหรือน่ารำคาญ

🇮🇩Indonesian

nakal

nakal atau menjengkelkan main-main

🇵🇭Filipino

malikot

malikot o nakakainis na mapaglaro

🇲🇾Malay

nakal

nakal atau menjengkelkan bermain-main

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مؤذ

لعوب بشكل شقي أو مزعج

🇮🇷Persian

شیطون

بازیگوش شیطانی یا آزاردهنده

🇹🇷Turkish

yaramaz

yaramaz veya sinir bozucu derecede eğlenceli

🇮🇱Hebrew

שׁוֹבָב

שובב או מעצבן שובב

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