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
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is mischievous a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, mischievous is tagged as adjective.
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