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mischivous

mischivous is the obsolete spelling of mischievous.

Meaning of mischievous

Adjective

mischievous (comparative more mischievous, superlative most mischievous)

  1. Causing mischief; injurious.
    • ...; 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; ...1793, Joseph Butler, The Analogy of Religion
    Synonyms:
    harmful
  2. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.
    • Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.
    Synonyms:
    badly-behaved, naughty

Questions about mischivous

What is mischivous the obsolete spelling of?
Mischivous is the obsolete spelling of mischievous.

Words near mischivous in the dictionary

  1. mischievously
  2. mischievousness
  3. mischievousnesses
  4. Mischii
  5. mischio
  6. mischivous
  7. Mischke
  8. Mischkes
  9. Mischler
  10. Mischlers
  11. mischling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mischivous (page history and authors); mischievous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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