mischievous

Signification (Anglais)

1. Causing mischief; injurious.
2. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.

Concepts

espiègle

méchant

perfide

malin

nuisible

malicieux

coquin

d’espiègle

polisson

mutin

de petit diable

canaille

Synonymes

naughty

injurious

wicked

impish

playful

bad

👎

hurtful

malicious

harmful

prankish

troublesome

unruly

puckish

elfish

elvish

arch

stubborn

roguish

noxious

gloating

cruel

evil

wily

bad deed

dunce

implike

knavery

joking

vicious

stupid

tricky

villain

🦹‍♂️

disobedient

rascal

sly

pixilated

merry

roguery

spry

villainy

gallus

delinquent

full of spirits

full of life

deceitful

base

frolicsome

frisky

maleficent

lewd

Traductions

birichino

travieso

kwaadaardig

yaramaz

malizioso

nocivo

bagunceiro

boosaardig

ondeugend

şûm

venehewiyayî

dartel

destmatî

neqet

schädlich

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪ.vəs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: myschevous

In summary

From Middle English myschevous, mischevous, from Anglo-Norman meschevous, from Old French meschever, from mes- (“mis-”) + chever (“come to an end”) (from chef (“head”)). By surface analysis, mischief + -ous.