mischievous
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mis·chie·vous
(mĭs′chə-vəs)adj.
1. Causing mischief.
2. Playful in a naughty or teasing way.
3. Troublesome; irritating: a mischievous prank.
4. Causing harm, injury, or damage: mischievous rumors and falsehoods.
[Middle English mischevous, from mischef, mischief; see mischief.]
mis′chie·vous·ly adv.
mis′chie·vous·ness n.
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mischievous
(ˈmɪstʃɪvəs)adj
1. inclined to acts of mischief
2. teasing; slightly malicious: a mischievous grin.
3. causing or intended to cause harm: a mischievous plot.
ˈmischievously adv
ˈmischievousness n
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mis•chie•vous
(ˈmɪs tʃə vəs)adj.
1. maliciously or playfully annoying.
2. causing annoyance, harm, or trouble.
3. roguishly or slyly teasing, as a glance.
4. harmful; injurious.
mis′chie•vous•ly, adv.
mis′chie•vous•ness, n.
pron: The pronunciation of mischievous as (mɪsˈtʃi vi əs) is usually considered nonstandard, although a spelling mischievious, which reflects this pronunciation, had some currency between the 16th and 19th centuries.
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Adj. 1. [画像:mischievous - naughtily or annoyingly playful]mischievous - naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank"
playful - full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school"
2. [画像:mischievous - deliberately causing harm or damage]mischievous - deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods"
harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
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mischievous
adjective
1. naughty, bad, troublesome, wayward, exasperating, playful, rascally, impish, roguish, vexatious, puckish, frolicsome, arch, ludic (literary), sportive, badly behaved She rocks back and forth on her chair like a mischievous child.
2. malicious, damaging, vicious, destructive, harmful, troublesome, malignant, detrimental, hurtful, pernicious, spiteful, deleterious, injurious a mischievous campaign by the press
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mischievous
adjective1. Causing harm or injury:
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Translations
مُؤْذٍ مُؤْذٍ، مُضِر
nezbedný
drillesyguartig
kujeileva
vragolast
csintalan
hrekkjóttur; ódæll
いたずら好きな
짓궂은
išdaigus
nerātns
poreden
busig
เกเร
tinh quái
mischievous
[ˈmɪstʃɪvəs] ADJ1. (= impish) [person, smile] → pícaro ; (= naughty) [child, kitten] → travieso
the mischievous tricks the children used to get up to → las travesuras que los niños solían hacer
the mischievous tricks the children used to get up to → las travesuras que los niños solían hacer
2. (= malicious) [person, glance, rumour] → malicioso
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mischievous
[ˈmɪstʃɪvəs] adj (= naughty) [child] → coquin(e)
(= playful) [smile] → espiègle
(= malicious) [campaign, story] → malveillant(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mischievous
adj
(= roguish, playful) expression, smile → schelmisch, verschmitzt, spitzbübisch ; a mischievous person → ein Schlawiner m; a mischievous child → ein Schlingel or Racker m; her son is really mischievous → ihr Sohn ist ein Schlingel or hat nur Unfug im Sinn ; what mischievous pranks are you up to now? → welche üblen Streiche heckst du jetzt aus?; a mischievous elf → eine Elfe, die Schabernack treibt
; (= physically disabling) blow → verletzend Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
mischievous
[ˈmɪstʃɪvəs] adj (roguish) → malizioso/a; (child) → birichino/a; (harmful) → pieno/a di cattiveriamischievous rumours (troublemaking) → malignità fpl
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mischief
(ˈmistʃif) noun1. action or behaviour (especially of children) that causes small troubles or annoyance to others. That boy is always up to some mischief. kattekwaad ضَرَر، أذى пакост travessura neplecha, uličnictví der Unfug ballade αταξία, σκανταλιά travesura, diablura koerus شیطنت jäynä sottise תעלולים, שובבות शैतानी nedaća csíny kenakalan hrekkur guaio, birichinata いたずら 장난 išdaiga, piktas pokštas palaidnība; nedarbs kenakalan ondeugendheid rampestrek, spillopper psota, figiel شيطانت maroteira poznă; trăsnaie шалость neplecha vragolija nestašluk ofog, rackartyg การก่อกวน yaramazlık, şeytanlık 惡作劇(尤指小孩子的) шкода, збиток شرارت trò tinh quái 捣蛋
2. evil, damage or harm. onheil شَر، سوء зло maldade škoda, spoušť das Unheil fortræd; skade ζημιά, βλάβη daño, mal kahju اذیت ilkivalta tort, dommage נזק, חבלה नुकसान zlo kár kerusakan mein danno 害 위해, 재해 piktadarybė ļaunums; postījums kerosakan onheil stor skade, ugagn szkoda ازار او اذيت maldade pagubă зло; вред škoda, spúšť škoda smutnja ont, skada, förtret ความเสียหาย kötülük; hasar, ziyan 惡意,傷害 зло, лихо فساد điều ác; sự tổn hại 伤害
make mischief to cause trouble etc. rus verstoor يوقِعُ خلافا، يُسَبِّبُ المتاعب правя пакости causar confusão způsobit potíže/škodu Zwietracht säen lave ballade άτακτος crear problemas pahandust tegema اذیت کردن tehdä jäynää créer des ennuis לְחַבֵּל झगड़ा करवाना stvarati razdor viszályt szít membuat ke-sulitan vera til vandræða (fare danni) いたずら好きな 문제를 일으키다 drumsti ramybę sagādāt nepatikšanas menyebabkan masalah onheil stichten gjøre ugagn, lage bråk psocić اذيت كول fazer tolices a face probleme вредить; сеять раздор spôsobiť ťažkosti delati škodo učiniti nestašluk göra rackartyg ทําให้ยุ่งยาก dert çıkarmak 興風作浪 шкодити پریشانی کھڑی کرنا gây khó khăn 挑拨离间
ˈmischievous (-vəs) adjectivea mischievous child. vol streke مُؤْذٍ، مُضِر злонамерен travesso nezbedný boswillig drillesyg; uartig σκανταλιάρης travieso, pícaro ulakas, krutskeid täis بد جنس ilkikurinen espiègle מזיק शैतान štetan csintalan nakal hrekkjóttur; ódæll birichino, dispettoso いたずらに 짓궃은 iðdykæs, piktavalis palaidnīgs; nerātns nakal ondeugend rampet, skøyeraktig psotny بد جنسه maroto neastâmpărat; răutăcios озорной nezbedný poreden nestašan okynnig, rackar- ซน yaramaz 淘氣的 неслухняний; шкідливий فسادی tinh quái 淘气的
ˈmischievously adverb ondeund بأذى، بصورةٍ مُضِرَّه злонамерено com marotice zlomyslně boswillig drillesygt σκανταλιάρικα maliciosamente ulakalt بد جنسی ilkikurisesti malicieusement בְּרִשעוּת शैतानी के साथ raspušteno pajkosan; gonosz módon dengan nakal stríðnislega maliziosamente 騒ぎをおこす 짓궂게 išdykėliškai, piktai palaidnīgi; nerātni dengan cara yang nakal ondeugend skjelmsk, ertelystent figlarnie, złośliwie بد جنسى com marotice răutăcios; cu răutate озорно nezbedne poredno nestašno okynnigt อย่างเป็นภัย yaramazca 惡作劇地 неслухняно شوخی کے ساتھ một cách tinh quái 恶作剧地
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mischievous
→ مُؤْذٍ nezbedný drillesyg schelmisch σκανταλιάρης travieso kujeileva espiègle vragolast dispettoso いたずら好きな 짓궂은 schalks rampete szkodliwy malicioso озорной busig เกเร yaramaz tinh quái 恶作剧的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
mischievous
adj traviesoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.