mischief

English Thesaurus

1. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others (noun.act)

hypernym	:	misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed,
definition	:	improper or wicked or immoral behavior (noun.act)

hyponym	:	blaze, hell,
definition	:	noisy and unrestrained mischief (noun.act)

hyponym	:	monkey business,
definition	:	mischievous or deceitful behavior (noun.act)

hyponym	:	hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism,
definition	:	willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others (noun.act)

2. the quality or nature of being harmful or evil (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	evil, evilness,
definition	:	the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice (noun.attribute)

attribute	:	maleficent,
definition	:	harmful or evil in intent or effect (adj.all)

3. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others (noun.act)

derivation	:	annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex,
definition	:	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	mischievous,
definition	:	deliberately causing harm or damage (adj.all)

derivation	:	blackguardly, rascally, roguish, scoundrelly,
definition	:	lacking principles or scruples (adj.all)

4. the quality or nature of being harmful or evil (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	beneficence,
definition	:	the quality of being kind or helpful or generous (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening,
definition	:	threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (adj.all)

derivation	:	maleficent,
definition	:	harmful or evil in intent or effect (adj.all)

derivation	:	baleful, baneful,
definition	:	deadly or sinister (adj.all)

derivation	:	mischievous,
definition	:	deliberately causing harm or damage (adj.all)

5. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others (noun.act)

derivation	:	annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex,
definition	:	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	mischievous,
definition	:	deliberately causing harm or damage (adj.all)

derivation	:	blackguardly, rascally, roguish, scoundrelly,
definition	:	lacking principles or scruples (adj.all)

6. the quality or nature of being harmful or evil (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	beneficence,
definition	:	the quality of being kind or helpful or generous (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening,
definition	:	threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (adj.all)

derivation	:	maleficent,
definition	:	harmful or evil in intent or effect (adj.all)

derivation	:	baleful, baneful,
definition	:	deadly or sinister (adj.all)

derivation	:	mischievous,
definition	:	deliberately causing harm or damage (adj.all)