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What (who) is mischievous - definition
WRONGFUL ACT OR PETTY ANNOYANCE
Malicious mischief; Criminal Mischief; Mischievousness; Mischievous; Mischiefs; Waggishly; Waggishness; Criminal mischief; Waggish
mischievous
1.
A mischievous person likes to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.
She rocks back and forth on her chair like a mischievous child...
ADJ
• mischievously
Kathryn winked mischievously.
ADV: usu ADV with v
2.
A mischievous act or suggestion is intended to cause trouble.
...a mischievous campaign by the press to divide the ANC...
= malicious
ADJ
• mischievously
That does not require 'massive' military intervention, as some have mischievously claimed.
ADV: usu ADV with v
mischievous
a.
1.
Hurtful, injurious, detrimental, pernicious, destructive, noxious, harmful.
2.
Vicious, wicked, sinful, malicious.
3.
Troublesome, vexatious, annoying, naughty.
Mischievous
·adj Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful;
- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child.
Wikipedia
Mischief
Mischief or malicious mischief is the name for a criminal offenses that is defined differently in different legal jurisdictions. While the wrongful acts will often involve what is popularly described as vandalism, there can be a legal differentiation between vandalism and mischief. The etymology of the word comes from Old French meschief, which means "misfortune", from meschever, "to end badly".
Examples of use of mischievous
1. He was naturally "extremely mischievous," Halberg said.
2. The mischievous professional agitators deserve no forbearance.
3. "Because of Frost?" he asked, throwing me a mischievous look.
4. We would have thought it was mischievous kids," Wadsworth said.
5. She‘s intelligent and fun to be around; really mischievous.