Definizione monolingua

mischievous

mischievous (comparative more mischievous, superlative most mischievous)

1. Causing mischief; injurious.
   • 1793, Joseph Butler, The Analogy of Religion:

     ...; 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; ...

   • 1892, Henry Sidgwick, Outlines of the History of Ethics:

     On the whole, therefore, he concludes that the point of indulgence at which these self-passions or self-affections begin to be mischievous to the individual coincides with that at which they begin to be mischievous to society; ...

2. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.

   Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.

Definizione dizionario mischievous

	birichino
	naughty

	malizioso
	naughty

	attaccabrighe
	causing mischief

	casinista
	causing mischief

	furbetto
	naughty

	piantagrane
	causing mischief

cattivo

dannoso

maligno

nocivo

sveglio

Altri significati:

Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.

Causing mischief; injurious.