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Webster 1913 Edition

(mĭs′chē̍-vŭs)

Adj.

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

Noun.

Adj.

Harmful; hurtful; injurious; making mischief; of persons; as a mischievous man or disposition.

Hurtful; noxious; as a mischievous thing.

Inclined to do harm; as a mischievous boy.