mischievous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Causing mischief; injurious.
    — ...; that good and bad actions at present are naturally rewarded and punished, not only as beneficial and mischievous to society, but also as virtuous and civious; ...
  2. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.
    — Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.

词形变化

more mischievous comparative most mischievous superlative mischievious alternative mischevious alternative

词汇关系

近义词
hurtful detrimental noxious pernicious destructive
衍生词
mischievously mischievousness nonmischievous

词源

From Middle English myschevous, mischevous, from Anglo-Norman meschevous, from Old French meschever, from mes- (“mis-”) + chever (“come to an end”) (from chef (“head”)). By surface analysis, mischief + -ous.
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