mischievous
US: /ˈmɪstʃəvəs/
UK: /mˈɪstʃɪvəs/
UK: /mˈɪstʃɪvəs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
mischievous /'mistʃivəs/
- tính từ
- hay làm hại
- tác hại, có hại
- tinh nghịch, tinh quái, ranh mãnh, láu lỉnh
- a mischievous child: một đứa trẻ tinh quái
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 enjoying playing tricks and annoying people: a mischievous boy + a mischievous grin / smile / look + Her eyes danced with mischievous amusement.
2 (formal) (of an action or a statement) causing trouble, such as damaging sb's reputation: mischievous lies / gossip
mischievously adverb
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 naughty, impish, roguish, rascally, devilish, elfish or elvish, puckish, scampish, frolicsome, playful, sportive:
Tying his cousin's shoelaces together was a mischievous prank and not malicious
2 harmful, injurious, hurtful, damaging, pernicious, detrimental, destructive, deleterious, dangerous, spiteful, malicious, vicious, malign, baleful, baneful, noxious, wicked, evil, bad:
The government regards as mischievous the detention of any Foreign Office personnel.
Concise English dictionary
'mɪstʃɪvəs
adj.
+naughtily or annoyingly playful
+badly behaved
+deliberately causing harm or damage
