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Meanings of puckish in inglês
Synonyms
Examples for "wicked"
Examples for "wicked"
1
They suggested romances: lovers in the forests; knights in armor; wicked enchantresses.
2
The happiness of the just and the evil state of the wicked.
3
And these indulge in subtleties in order to excuse the most wicked.
4
But in the torment of Hell shall the wicked remain for ever:
5
And I learned things all right, she said with a wicked smile.
1
A step in the distance; some one coming up towards the arch.
2
Continue until you pass under the rock arch, where you turn right.
3
The high arch of the gateway of the chateau was in sight.
4
I found the following inscription upon an arch in the upper story:
5
At the top of the arch was a flattering inscription in verse.
1
Would you characterize the manifestations yesterday as a: 'angry'; or b: 'mischievous'?
2
Her words had lost their playfulness, no longer singing with mischievous intelligence.
3
National Party finance spokesperson Bill English says the Greens are being mischievous.
4
James thought for a moment, and then smiled a long, mischievous smile.
5
Of course you must be punished; it was exceedingly careless and mischievous.
1
Take the perennial comedy-theme of the impish collar, and visualize the scenes:
2
The spectacle is weird and grotesque, and suggests something impish and uncanny.
3
His round, impish face grinned back at the girl at the desk.
4
Evie had a special room totally dedicated to the grinning, impish dolls.
5
Joey slid off the desk and surveyed her with an impish smile.
1
This priceless if rather pixilated footage is from height of mambo mania.
2
The pixilated blur of Alban jumping made a bright line behind her eyelids.
3
Meanwhile, mildly pixilated characters gaze absently at them and sometimes make enigmatic remarks.
4
A page of links on Satan and Satan-related topics sprang to pixilated life.
5
Ethan's face appeared on her screen, slightly pixilated but still familiar, still handsome.
1
To-day's prankish sport may put us to trouble for a satisfactory explanation.
2
I felt like a boy; a wild, prankish sensation of freedom possessed me.
3
At that somehow, I both lost my temper and felt prankish.
4
That was all, but Peggy knew that it would serve its prankish purpose.
5
A prankish mood came upon her now which she couldn't resist.
1
His arms beat wildly about his head in expression of implike enthusiasm.
2
Suddenly Jake, implike, turned and stared at Worthington.
3
Mrs. Coulter smiled, and her dæmon bared his white teeth in a grin of implike pleasure.
4
And he mused seriously upon the radical differences between himself and those men who were dodging implike around the fires.
Usage of puckish in inglês
1
Garvin is a bushy-browed man with a serious air of puckish enthusiasm.
2
His face was puckish but kind, and flickered between reflection and mischief.
3
His tone changed, became less puckish; he elegized diversity with a shopworn .
4
Or as puckish as a maimed colonel of dragoons could be.
5
Her lively eyes and animated features convey the storyteller's puckish naughtiness.
6
Among other things, she was smaller, more compact, almost puckish.
7
On stage he's confident, quick-witted and even a bit puckish.
8
Given his puckish personality, it promises to be witty.
9
He resisted a puckish urge to try the experiment.
10
His mouth, once puckish, was thin and ironic; his eyes, still humorous but somewhat sad.
11
Indeed, his ability to dispose of work quickly gave time for his puckish sense of humour.
12
Over the years the international press has grown accustomed to the antics of the puckish Dane.
13
Without his puckish verve for disruption, it'd become a show about technical adequacy and endless piano ballads.
14
A puckish thought crossed her mind, sending a flash of slightly cynical laughter through her quiet eyes.
15
For all Jeremy's puckish nature, she never allowed herself to forget just how utterly ruthless he could be.
16
His eyes held mine in a level gaze for a moment; then they took on a puckish gleam.
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