Definition of Mischievous

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Definition of Mischievous
	Mischievous Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. Related Definitions: Applied, As, Carelessly, Causing, Child, Done, Evil, Harmful, Hurtful, In, Is, Mischief, Mischievous, Now, Often, Or, Sport, The, Where

Mischievous Quotations

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.
Benjamin Franklin

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.
Jean-Paul Sartre

The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous.
Aldous Huxley

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.
Francis Bacon

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.
Hesiod

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard.
Felix Frankfurter

Normal kids in their teens want to go and date girls and do mischievous things, your hormones are jumping around, but I stayed in my bedroom in search of something.
Grandmaster Flash

I like stirring things up. I'm on the side of the kids more than I am on the adults. And occasionally I find some adults that have that same mischievous streak, so I don't get in too much trouble.
William Joyce

I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones.
Bai Ling

Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.
Jackie DeShannon

Mischievous Translations

mischievous in Dutch is boosaardig, hatelijk, kwaadaardig
mischievous in French is perfide, narquois
mischievous in German is nachteilig
mischievous in Italian is birichino
mischievous in Swedish is odygd, okynnig

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