mischief

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UK /ˈmɪs.tʃiːf/ US /ˈmɪs.tʃɪf/

noun 5verb 2

Collocations

(noun.)

QUANT

glint, hint

He had a hint of mischief in his smile when he asked if I wanted to skip work early.

VERB + MISCHIEF

cause, do, make

The children were always causing mischief whenever their parents left them unsupervised.

get into/up to

The kids were always getting into mischief whenever their grandmother wasn't looking.

keep/stay out of

The babysitter warned the children to keep out of mischief while she was upstairs.

Definitions

noun

Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.

Drink led to mischief.

A playfully annoying action.

John's mischief, tying his shoelaces together, irked George at first.

A group or a pack of rats.

Kirac, the leader of the rats under his charge, speaks to the major through his telepathic abilities that manifested after the alien virus infected him and his mischief of rats.

A group of rats is not a herd or a gaggle, but a pack or a mischief of rats. Rats in general are omnivorous, meaning they will eat almost anything.

Harm or injury:

She had mischief in her heart.

Sooner or later he'll succeed in doing some serious mischief.

Harm or injury:

It may end in her doing a great mischief to herself—and perhaps to others too.

[R]eligion / Hides many mischiefs from suspicion.

verb

To do a mischief to; to harm.

"Not now, Smee," Hook said darkly. "He is only one, and I want to mischief all the seven. Scatter and look for them."

To slander.

And so it hath been divers times; Men mischiefing the Jews to excuse their own Wickedness: as to instance one Precedent in the time of a certain King of Portugal.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or ann

mischief-making
mischievousness
deviltry
devilry
devilment
rascality
roguery
roguishness

noun — the quality or nature of being harmful or evil

maleficence
balefulness

Antonyms

beneficence

Idioms & Phrases

he that mischief hatches, mischief catches

People who behave wickedly receive their just deserts.

play the mischief with

Synonym of play the devil with.

Example Bank

Drink led to mischief.

Wiktionary

John's mischief, tying his shoelaces together, irked George at first.

Wiktionary

Kirac, the leader of the rats under his charge, speaks to the major through his telepathic abilities that manifested after the alien virus infected him and his mischief of rats.

Wiktionary

"Not now, Smee," Hook said darkly. "He is only one, and I want to mischief all the seven. Scatter and look for them."

Wiktionary

And so it hath been divers times; Men mischiefing the Jews to excuse their own Wickedness: as to instance one Precedent in the time of a certain King of Portugal.

Wiktionary

The little boy got into mischief when he was left alone.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, mischief is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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