Associations to the word «Mischievous»

Wiktionary

MISCHIEVOUS, adjective. Causing mischief; injurious.
MISCHIEVOUS, adjective. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.

Dictionary definition

MISCHIEVOUS, adjective. Naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank".
MISCHIEVOUS, adjective. Deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats