mischief 音标拼音: [m'ɪstʃəf]
n . 损害,伤害,灾祸,恶作剧,淘气
损害,伤害,灾祸,恶作剧,淘气
mischief n 1 :
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others [
synonym : {
mischief }, {
mischief -
making },
{
mischievousness }, {
deviltry }, {
devilry }, {
devilment },
{
rascality }, {
roguery }, {
roguishness }, {
shenanigan }]
2 :
the quality or nature of being harmful or evil [
synonym :
{
maleficence }, {
mischief }, {
balefulness }] [
ant :
{
beneficence }]
Mischief \
Mis "
chief \ (
m [
i ^]
s "
ch [
i ^]
f ),
n . [
OE .
meschef bad result ,
OF .
meschief ;
pref .
mes - (
L .
minus less )
chief end ,
head ,
F .
chef chief .
See {
Minus },
and {
Chief }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
Harm ;
damage ;
esp .,
disarrangement of order ;
trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being ,
intentionally or not ;
often ,
calamity ,
mishap ;
trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness ,
or in sport . --
Chaucer .
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Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs . --
Ps .
lii .
2 .
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The practice whereof shall ,
I hope ,
secure me from many mischiefs . --
Fuller .
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2 .
Cause of trouble or vexation ;
trouble . --
Milton .
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The mischief was ,
these allies would never allow that the common enemy was subdued . --
Swift .
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{
To be in mischief },
to be doing harm or causing annoyance .
{
To make mischief },
to do mischief ,
especially by exciting quarrels .
{
To play the mischief },
to cause great harm ;
to throw into confusion . [
Colloq .]
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Syn :
Damage ;
harm ;
hurt ;
injury ;
detriment ;
evil ;
ill .
Usage : {
Mischief }, {
Damage }, {
Harm }.
Damage is an injury which diminishes the value of a thing ;
harm is an injury which causes trouble or inconvenience ;
mischief is an injury which disturbs the order and consistency of things .
We often suffer damage or harm from accident ,
but mischief always springs from perversity or folly .
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Mischief \
Mis "
chief \,
v .
t .
To do harm to . [
Obs .] --
Milton .
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167 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mischief ":
Discordia ,
Eris ,
abomination ,
atrocity ,
bad ,
bad boy ,
badness ,
bane ,
bankruptcy ,
befoulment ,
blight ,
booger ,
breakage ,
breakdown ,
buffoon ,
bugger ,
clash ,
clashing ,
collapse ,
conflict ,
contention ,
corruption ,
crack -
up ,
crippling ,
crying evil ,
cutup ,
damage ,
defilement ,
despoliation ,
destruction ,
detriment ,
devil ,
devilishness ,
devilment ,
devilry ,
deviltry ,
diablerie ,
difference ,
difficulty ,
dilapidation ,
disablement ,
disaccord ,
disadvantage ,
disaffinity ,
discord ,
discordance ,
discordancy ,
disharmony ,
disrepair ,
disruption ,
dissension ,
dissent ,
division ,
drawback ,
elf ,
elfishness ,
encroachment ,
enfant terrible ,
enmity ,
evil ,
foolishness ,
friction ,
funmaker ,
grievance ,
handicap ,
hardship ,
harm ,
havoc ,
high spirits ,
hobbling ,
hood ,
hoodlum ,
hooligan ,
hurt ,
hurting ,
ill ,
imp ,
impairment ,
impishness ,
incapacitation ,
incompatibility ,
incompatibleness ,
infection ,
infringement ,
inharmoniousness ,
inharmony ,
injury ,
inroad ,
jangle ,
jar ,
joker ,
jokester ,
knave ,
liability ,
limb ,
little devil ,
little monkey ,
little rascal ,
loss ,
loss of ground ,
maiming ,
mayhem ,
minx ,
misbehavior ,
mischief -
maker ,
mischievousness ,
misfortune ,
monkey business ,
monkeyshines ,
mutilation ,
naughtiness ,
noncooperation ,
open conflict ,
outrage ,
pixie ,
playfulness ,
poison ,
pollution ,
practical joker ,
prankishness ,
pranksomeness ,
prankster ,
prejudice ,
puck ,
puckishness ,
rapscallion ,
rascal ,
rascality ,
rogue ,
roguery ,
roguishness ,
rowdy ,
rub ,
ruffian ,
ruin ,
ruination ,
ruinousness ,
sabotage ,
scalawag ,
scamp ,
scampishness ,
scapegrace ,
scathe ,
shenanigans ,
sickening ,
spoiling ,
sportiveness ,
step backward ,
strained relations ,
strife ,
tension ,
the worst ,
toxin ,
trouble ,
unharmoniousness ,
unpleasantness ,
variance ,
venom ,
vexation ,
villain ,
wag ,
waggery ,
waggishness ,
weakening ,
woe ,
wrong ,
youthful spirits
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