mischievous
mis chuh vuhs
- s naughtily or annoyingly playful
- s deliberately causing harm or damage
mischievous rumors and falsehoods
- A dark, compact man with mischievous gray-blue eyes, Fermi was the son of a civil servant, an administrator with the Italian national railroad.
- Mama Jumbo does what she can to shield Dumbo from the taunts of other elephants and circus visitors, but when some mischievous boys tug at his ears, she goes into an elephantine rage.
- Some mischievous souls in France would say that the difference between our two countries is that nine out of 10 French know who Marceau was, while only one in 10 Americans has .