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mischievousness

[ UK /mˈɪst‍ʃɪvəsnəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. the trait of behaving like an imp
  2. an attribute of mischievous children
  3. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

How To Use mischievousness In A Sentence

  • Yes, the children are naughty too, as one would expect all over the world I guess, yet here I find that children are still children expressing nothing more than an innocent and adventurous mischievousness!
  • Enjoying the implied mischievousness of Ireland's decision to present a play which, sadly, remains controversial in some quarters, the actress is full of praise for the director.
  • He was a great guy, and full of mischievousness.
  • He had a wicked glint in his eye, ie suggesting mischievousness.
  • Griffin grinned at her, his face wreathed in an expression of malevolent mischievousness. The Priest
  • Ron is all faux pretense and made-up mischievousness.
  • We grew up together and I knew him to be a smart, funny and outgoing guy - though oftentimes very troubled, with a streak of mischievousness.
  • The moodiness, mischievousness and mulish recalcitrance we see in all our favorite appliances comprise much of what it means to be a human born after AD 1400.
  • The writer's mischievousness is perfect for a story that's ‘not about breast-beating,’ she says, but ‘about fun.’
  • According to Prince Charles, the Queen Mother had an ‘utterly irresistible mischievousness of spirit’; ‘she saw the funny side and we laughed until we cried’.
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