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diableria Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
Synonyms
Examples for "mischief"
Examples for "mischief"
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By that time the mischief was done; the illness had set in.
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To work mischief in the street they settle themselves in the highway.
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The governor had penetrated the design in time to prevent the mischief.
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In the spirit of mischief, he followed the impulse of the moment.
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Time passes; and at last the tiler arrives to mend the mischief.
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In reality, he was deeper in deviltry than ever in his life.
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Next in deviltry were the Kiowas, and then the Arapahoes and Comanches.
3
Woman is the capsheaf of the abomination of desolation-full of all deviltry.
4
Yes, you were right, Inspector; this is a victim of Oriental deviltry.
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I should like to know what deviltry is in your minds now.
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Sophia revolted at this crowning detail of the structure of Gerald's rascality.
2
Now, do you see treason, bad faith, avarice, ingratitude, rascality in it?
3
You may be quite easy; I give you credit for all imaginable rascality.
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Poachers and petty thieves-thescum of misery, ignorance, and rascality throughout the country.
5
This brief history of rascality brought smiles to the faces of all present.
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He is somewhere in the Pamirs, up to some devilry or other.
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Behind them burned genius and the devilry that would stop at nothing.
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No doubt a memento from a duel, or some other such devilry.
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At any rate, his eyes were brilliantly black and sparkling with devilry.
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As Phips and Bucklaw went below, a sudden devilry entered into him.
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Amrei looked at her companion's face and saw the roguery in it.
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I wonder what bit of roguery that scoundrel is up to now?
3
It looked square on the surface; but, underneath, it meant trickery and roguery.
4
There is roguery in you, or I have never seen roguery.
5
There is nothing but roguery to be found in villainous man.
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No offence is intended; the men jeer out of mere harmless devilment.
2
If he is, then he and Fagin are up to some devilment.
3
This nigger has a bad eye,-he'sup ter some sort of devilment.
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Might they not be up to more devilment with regard to Appincourte?
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There is no violence to him, no murderous strokes or devilment.
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And with an amiable roguishness Elizabeth kissed the tips of Anna's fingers.
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She does her best, but Prince, bubbling over with roguishness, lags behind.
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Like a vast lyre, the Hall vibrated to the faintest breath of roguishness.
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There was a glint in his eye, an accessible giddiness, a likeable roguishness.
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His voice was clear and not unmusical, with just the suspicion of roguishness behind.
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That shenanigan was duly hit with a fine from the Federal Communications Commission.
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Nor did they ever catch anybody else involved in the shenanigan.
3
The change to the euro will be difficult enough without such shenanigans.
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Forget about the unholy shenanigans up in Omagh a few weeks ago.
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Welch, however, sometimes goes a bit overboard with the shenanigans and mugging.
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No man is safe whose unguarded threshold the mischief-making questioner has crossed.
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I'm not sure he will. To Van Gaal, the media were just mischief-making.
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She started to wag both hands, the tell-tale start to a mischief-making campaign.
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That Drummond began his mischief-making in the music business should not be forgotten.
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Here's a range, from a basic chemistry lesson to classic mischief-making.
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Alberto Iglesias's score wheezes its way to a melancholy tinged with mischievousness.
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Her transient irresponsibleness and mischievousness are then cited as everyday, persistent vices.
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She smiled with a sweet mischievousness-justas my father used to smile-andanswered:
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Not in charity, because you are convinced of the grave social mischievousness of charity.
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He had just the right blend of energy and mischievousness.
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As soon as we interact, some spark of mischievousness ignites.
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His cleverness at times suggested reasoning power, and his mischievousness a sense of humour.
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He was a remarkably clever, gregarious and sociable man with a hint of mischievousness.
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There was a strange expression on his face, what I could only call mischievousness.
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Lyrically dense, the collection tickles the imagination and rattles rib cages with a welcome mischievousness.
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Such mischievousness will get you so far, but the music ultimately has to support the posturing.
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The worthlessness, not to speak of the mischievousness, of such systems of morality is almost self-evident.
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Of course, Ate, true to the reputation for mischievousness, had never delivered the arrows to Cupid.
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She smiled at Keith with a sudden mischievousness.
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He half smiled, though only at my mischievousness.
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Then on his lips the barest hint of a smile-wonderfully ,withit, a trace of mischievousness.