English-Thai Dictionary

mischievous

ADJ ซน  ซุกซน  เกเร  naughty son

 

mischievous

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็นอันตราย  ซึ่ง เป็น ภัย  harmful sueng-pen-an-ta-rai

 

mischievously

ADV อย่าง เป็น ภัย  yang-pen-pai

 

mischievousness

N ความ เป็นอันตราย  ความหายนะ  kwam-pen-an-ta-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MISCHIEVOUS

a.Harmful; hurtful; injurious; making mischief; of persons; as a mischievous man or disposition. 1. Hurtful; noxious; as a mischievous thing.
2. Inclined to do harm; as a mischievous boy.

 

MISCHIEVOUSLY

adv. With injury, hurt, loss or damage. We say, the law operates mischievously. 1. With evil intention or disposition. The injury was done mischievously.

 

MISCHIEVOUSNESS

n.Hurtfulness; noxiousness. 1. Disposition to do harm, or to vex or annoy; as the mischievousness of youth.
Mischief denotes injury, harm or damage of less malignity and magnitude than what are usually called crimes. We never give the name of mischief to theft, robbery or murder. And it so commonly implies intention in committing petty offenses, that it shocks us to hear the word applied to the calamities inflicted by Providence. We say, a tempest has done great damage, but not mischief. In like manner, the adjective mischievous is not applied to thieves, pirates and other felons, but to persons committing petty trespasses and offenses.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MISCHIEVOUS

MISCHIEVOUS Mis "chie *vous, a.

 

Defn: Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. "Most mischievous foul sin. " Shak. This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably mischievous to society. South.

 

Syn. -- Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious; destructive. -- Mis "chie *vous *ly, adv. -- Mis "chie *vous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mischievous

mis chie vous |ˈmisCHivəs ˈmɪstʃɪvəs | ▶adjective (of a person, animal, or their behavior ) causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way: two mischievous kittens had decorated the bed with shredded newspaper. • (of an action or thing ) causing or intended to cause harm or trouble: a mischievous allegation for which there is not a shred of evidence. DERIVATIVES mis chie vous ly adverb, mis chie vous ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French meschevous, from Old French meschever ‘come to an unfortunate end ’ (see mischief ). The early sense was ‘unfortunate or calamitous, ’ later ‘having harmful effects ’; the sense ‘playfully troublesome ’ dates from the late 17th cent. usage: Mischievous is a three-syllable word. Take care not to use this incorrect four-syllable pronunciation: |misˈCHēvēəs |.

 

Oxford Dictionary

mischievous

mischievous |ˈmɪstʃɪvəs | ▶adjective 1 causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way: mischievous children | a mischievous grin. 2 (of an action or statement ) causing or intended to cause harm or trouble: a mischievous allegation for which there is not a shred of evidence. DERIVATIVES mischievously adverb, mischievousness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French meschevous, from Old French meschever ‘come to an unfortunate end ’ (see mischief ). The early sense was ‘unfortunate or calamitous ’, later ‘having harmful effects ’; the sense ‘playfully troublesome ’ dates from the late 17th cent. usage: Mischievous is a three-syllable word; it should not be pronounced with four syllables, as if it were spelled mischievious |mɪsˈtʃiːvɪəs |.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mischievous

mischievous adjective 1 a mischievous child: naughty, badly behaved, misbehaving, disobedient, troublesome, full of mischief; rascally, roguish. ANTONYMS well-behaved. 2 a mischievous smile: playful, teasing, wicked, impish, roguish, arch.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mischievous

mischievous adjective 1 a mischievous child: naughty, bad, badly behaved, misbehaving, disobedient, troublesome, vexatious, full of mischief; rascally, roguish, prankish, delinquent. ANTONYMS well behaved, good. 2 a mischievous smile: playful, teasing, wicked, impish, puckish, roguish, waggish, arch. 3 mischievous gossip: malicious, malevolent, hostile, spiteful, bitter, venomous, poisonous, evil-intentioned, ill-natured, evil, baleful, vindictive, vengeful, vitriolic, rancorous, malign, malignant, pernicious, mean, nasty, harmful, hurtful, destructive, wounding, cruel, unkind, defamatory; informal bitchy, catty; literary malefic, maleficent. ANTONYMS harmless, well intentioned.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mischievous

mis chie vous /mɪ́stʃɪvəs , ｟非標準 ｠mɪstʃíːv -, -viəs / (! /--́- /は若者に多い ) →mischief 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈人が 〉いたずら好きな ; 〈笑み 表情などが 〉いたずらっぽい ▸ a mischievous smile いたずらっぽい笑み 2 ｟かたく ｠〈行為 言葉などが 〉 (故意に )問題を引き起こす ; 人を傷つける , 有害な .～ly 副詞 いたずらっぽく, いたずら (心 )で ; 有害に, 悪意を持って .～ness 名詞