Thesaurus / prankish
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No fault of his if Fate grew prankish and set the stage with gold brocade and an ancient boat and such a ferryman.
KENNYLEONA DALRYMPLETo Hal they seemed casual, purposeless; rather prankish, too, like a lot of urchins out on a lark.
THE CLARIONSAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMSThe wind, with a prankish flurry, flapped the flying newspaper against the face of the skittish bay.
WHIRLIGIGSO. HENRYThis prankish mood of the crew was shown in their efforts to make Dinshaw uncomfortable.
ISLE O' DREAMSFREDERICK F. MOOREShe was myself in miniature, and moreover the most witching, prankish, peppery elf that was ever made.
AT LASTMARION HARLANDIncomplete as it may be: youthful and prankish as some of it is, the thought and manner of the time are imaged there.
STUDIES OF CONTEMPORARY POETSMARY C. STURGEONHis limbs were stiff and sore; his face was drenched by the fine rain that had searched him out with prankish glee.
THE MAN FROM BRODNEY'SGEORGE BARR MCCUTCHEONTo mark this last ball of the year the young officers introduced some of the prankish features of their happy cadet days.
BETTY AT FORT BLIZZARDMOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELLThe glitter in Alf Neely's small eyes was about as reassuring as the glitter in the eyes of a slightly prankish gorilla.
ASTEROID OF FEARRAYMOND ZINKE GALLUNShe chides them for their duplicity, then extols them for their prankish playfulness.
THE VITALIZED SCHOOLFRANCIS B. PEARSONWORDS RELATED TO PRANKISH
- antic
- blithe
- cheerful
- coltish
- comical
- elvish
- feeling one's oats
- flirtatious
- frisky
- frolicsome
- full of pep
- gamesome
- gay
- good-natured
- impish
- jaunty
- jesting
- jocund
- joking
- joyous
- lighthearted
- lively
- merry
- mirthful
- mischievous
- prankish
- puckish
- rollicking
- snappy
- spirited
- sportive
- sprightly
- teasing
- tongue-in-cheek
- vivacious
- waggish
- whimsical
- zippy
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