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Meanings of mischievousness in English

Catalan
diableria

Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.

diableria
Catalan
caprici
Spanish
sagacidad

The trait of behaving like an imp.

caprici
Portuguese
travessura
Catalan
maldat
Spanish
maldad

An attribute of mischievous children.

travessura
Synonyms
Examples for "badness"
Examples for "badness"
1
History doesn't have any 'badness' or 'goodness.' This world has a future.
Year's best sf 15
2
Ironically, those good things are often a direct extension of my badness.
Chuck klosterman on film and television
3
You do not know the badness in the hearts of these people.
White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calab...
4
Warden Atherton gave the final sanction to the badness of my name.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
5
More like a goose walking over his grave, a tickle of badness.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
1
But naughtiness will always out, and the next time Featherhead was caught.
Little Jack Rabbit and the Squirrel Brothers
2
She looked up at Richard smiling, that same dainty naughtiness very present.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
3
And somehow you knew it wasn't your naughtiness that made her cry.
Life and Death of Harriett Frean
4
After lunch, when they were resting, you could feel naughtiness coming on.
Mary Olivier: a Life
5
By night, it was always a place of naughtiness and dancing girls.
The Guardian
Usage of mischievousness in English
1
Alberto Iglesias's score wheezes its way to a melancholy tinged with mischievousness.
The Irish Times
2
Her transient irresponsibleness and mischievousness are then cited as everyday, persistent vices.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
3
She smiled with a sweet mischievousness-justas my father used to smile-andanswered:
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
4
Not in charity, because you are convinced of the grave social mischievousness of charity.
Mr. Prohack
5
He had just the right blend of energy and mischievousness.
The Irish Times
6
As soon as we interact, some spark of mischievousness ignites.
How to make love like a porn star
7
His cleverness at times suggested reasoning power, and his mischievousness a sense of humour.
Among the Tibetans
8
He was a remarkably clever, gregarious and sociable man with a hint of mischievousness.
The Irish Times
9
There was a strange expression on his face, what I could only call mischievousness.
The World According to Bob
10
Lyrically dense, the collection tickles the imagination and rattles rib cages with a welcome mischievousness.
The Irish Times
11
Such mischievousness will get you so far, but the music ultimately has to support the posturing.
The Irish Times
12
The worthlessness, not to speak of the mischievousness, of such systems of morality is almost self-evident.
Five Years of Theosophy
13
Of course, Ate, true to the reputation for mischievousness, had never delivered the arrows to Cupid.
The Tarn of Eternity
14
She smiled at Keith with a sudden mischievousness.
Nocturne
15
He half smiled, though only at my mischievousness.
John Halifax, Gentleman
16
Then on his lips the barest hint of a smile-wonderfully ,withit, a trace of mischievousness.
The Last Ship
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Mischievousness through the time