mischievousness
加害;淘氣
Mis·chie·vous a. Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. “Most mischievous foul sin.”
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.
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mischievousness
n 1: an attribute of mischievous children [syn: naughtiness, badness]
2: the trait of behaving like an imp [syn: impishness, puckishness,
whimsicality]
3: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
annoyance in others [syn: mischief, mischief-making, deviltry,
devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness,
shenanigan]