devilment

Significat (Anglès)

1. (uncountable, usually) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
2. (countable, uncountable, usually) A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
3. (countable, uncountable, usually) Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.
4. (countable, uncountable, usually) Something cleverly constructed.
5. (countable, humorous, often, uncountable, usually) A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.

Conceptes

diableria

entremaliadura

berganteria

brivallada

truaneria

Sinònims

devilry

mischief

mischievousness

devildom

deviltry

mischief-making

roguery

roguishness

shenanigan

rascality

prank

tomfoolery

foolishness

Traduccions

şeytanlık

malice

diablura

Schelmerei

yaramazlık

διαβολιά

kurnazlık

marioleria

furfanteria

diablerie

ribalderia

méchanceté

coquinerie

espièglerie

Spitzbüberei

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈdɛv(ɪ)lm(ə)nt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From devil + -ment (suffix forming nouns indicating the actions or results of what is denoted by the words it is attached to).