Definitions for mischiefs

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mischiefs mis·chief

Spelling: [mis-chif]

IPA: /ˈmɪs tʃɪf/

Mischiefs is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 203 anagrams from letters in mischiefs (cefhiimss).

Definitions for mischiefs

noun

1. conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
2. a tendency or disposition to tease, vex, or annoy.
3. a vexatious or annoying action.
4. harm or trouble, especially as a result of an agent or cause.
5. an injury or evil caused by a person or other agent or cause.
6. a cause or source of harm, evil, or annoyance.
7. the devil.
8. conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
9. a tendency or disposition to tease, vex, or annoy.
10. a vexatious or annoying action.
11. harm or trouble, especially as a result of an agent or cause.
12. an injury or evil caused by a person or other agent or cause.
13. a cause or source of harm, evil, or annoyance.
14. the devil.

Origin of mischiefs

1250-1300; Middle English meschef Old French, noun derivative of meschever to end badly, come to grief. See mis-¹, achieve

Examples for mischiefs

You are like two kittens, and might be in mischief or danger before you knew.

She was smiling now, and he caught a gleam of mischief in her eyes.

Probably the greatest Halloween prank ever took place 75 years ago on mischief Night.

His entry takes the reader through a day of mischief with Bast, the somewhat mysterious creature from the Chronicles series.

That scoundrel Corney has been about some mischief—damn him!

On the mountain, as on the planet, the god of mischief will continue to rule.

Most of the time, the mischief is buried deep in the spreadsheets.

The move apparently was to make sure none of the invitees was up to any mischief.

And yet is talk a less evil than the mischief of mere experimenters.

She had thought of sending a telegram, but saw that that might do mischief.

You are like two kittens, and might be in mischief or danger before you knew.

Most of the time, the mischief is buried deep in the spreadsheets.

And yet is talk a less evil than the mischief of mere experimenters.

That scoundrel Corney has been about some mischief—damn him!

On the mountain, as on the planet, the god of mischief will continue to rule.

The move apparently was to make sure none of the invitees was up to any mischief.

Probably the greatest Halloween prank ever took place 75 years ago on mischief Night.

She had thought of sending a telegram, but saw that that might do mischief.

She was smiling now, and he caught a gleam of mischief in her eyes.

His entry takes the reader through a day of mischief with Bast, the somewhat mysterious creature from the Chronicles series.