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UK
/mˈɪstʃɪvəsnəs/
]
NOUN
- the trait of behaving like an imp
- an attribute of mischievous children
- 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’.
