mischievous

adjective as in devilish, wicked

Strongest matches

impish, malicious, naughty, playful, rude, sly

Weak matches

arch, artful, bad, bothersome, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, exasperating, foxy, frolicsome, harmful, hazardous, hurtful, ill, ill-behaved, injurious, insidious, irksome, malignant, misbehaving, perilous, pernicious, precarious, puckish, rascal, rascally, risky, sinful, spiteful, sportive, teasing, tricky, troublesome, vexatious, vexing, vicious, wayward

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He would look at me, and I would be so taken by his fun, mischievous, unpredictability.

From Los Angeles Times

The light, as much as it exists in this series, shines through Hahn’s sensitive work as Dominick’s ex-wife Dessa and the welcome breath of comedy Rob Huebel lends to Leo, Dominick’s mischievous best friend.

From Salon

But this isn’t a dirge — it’s a fight song and a taunt, and it sets the tone of comfortable, mischievous defiance that threads through the entire album.

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Swimming past, they seem to look at you with a mischievous smile.

From BBC

Deutch often brings a mischievous playfulness to her performances, a knowing sense that she gets it, regardless of the genre or situation.

From Los Angeles Times

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