OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23143

mischief

/ˈmɪst͡ʃiːf/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
diablura • gamberrada • travesura
Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
Drink led to mischief.
daño • diablura • maldad • picardía • travesura
Harm or injury:
She had mischief in her heart.
Sooner or later he'll succeed in doing some serious mischief.
revoltoso • travieso
A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.
Epimetheus was scatter-brained and a mischief to men for having taken the woman [Pandora] that Zeus had formed.
To die like a man of honour, Sir Hargrave, you must have lived like one. You should be sure of your cause. But these pistols are too ready a mischief. Were I to meet you in your ow…
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