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Found 3 items, similar to mischief.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: mischief
kenakalan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mischief
mischief
n 1: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
annoyance in others [syn:
mischief-making,
mischievousness,
deviltry,
devilry,
devilment,
rascality,
roguery,
roguishness,
shenanigan]
2: the quality or nature of being harmful or evil [syn:
maleficence,
balefulness] [ant:
beneficence]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mischief
Mischief
\Mis"chief\ (m[i^]s"ch[i^]f), n. [OE. meschef bad
result, OF. meschief; pref. mes- (L. minus less) + chief end,
head, F. chef chief. See
Minus, and
Chief.]
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1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or
vexation caused by human agency or by some living being,
intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial
evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport. --Chaucer.
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Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs. --Ps. lii. 2.
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The practice whereof shall, I hope, secure me from
many mischiefs. --Fuller.
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2. Cause of trouble or vexation; trouble. --Milton.
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The mischief was, these allies would never allow
that the common enemy was subdued. --Swift.
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To be in mischief, to be doing harm or causing annoyance.
To make mischief, to do mischief, especially by exciting
quarrels.
To play the mischief, to cause great harm; to throw into
confusion. [Colloq.]
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Syn: Damage; harm; hurt; injury; detriment; evil; ill.
Usage:
Mischief,
Damage,
Harm. Damage is an injury
which diminishes the value of a thing; harm is an
injury which causes trouble or inconvenience; mischief
is an injury which disturbs the order and consistency
of things. We often suffer damage or harm from
accident, but mischief always springs from perversity
or folly.
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Mischief
\Mis"chief\, v. t.
To do harm to. [Obs.] --Milton.
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