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MISCHIEF

\mˈɪst͡ʃɪf], \mˈɪst‍ʃɪf], \m_ˈɪ_s_tʃ_ɪ_f]\

Definitions of MISCHIEF

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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the quality or nature of being harmful or evil

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the quality or nature of being harmful or evil

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Cause of trouble or vexation; trouble.
To do harm to.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Cause of trouble or vexation; trouble.
To do harm to.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Harm; injury; hurt; damage; misfortune; vexation; tendency to vex or annoy.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Evil; injury; a prank.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Evil; injury; a prank; a prankish person.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Harm; injury; damage; vexatious affair; doing harm or wrong.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

What turns out ill; harm; hurt; injury, whether intended or not; ill consequence.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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