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Definition of Mischief-making
1. Noun. Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
Generic synonyms: Misbehavior, Misbehaviour, Misdeed
Specialized synonyms: Blaze, Hell, Monkey Business, Hooliganism, Malicious Mischief, Vandalism
Derivative terms: Devil, Devil, Devil, Mischievous, Mischievous, Roguish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mischief-making
Literary usage of Mischief-making
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"7s detraction a more grievous sin than mischief-making ? ... And therefore
mischief-making is a greater sin than detraction, and even than contumely, ..."
2. Aquinas Ethicus, Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas: Or, The Moral by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"7s detraction a more grievous sin than mischief-making ? ... And therefore
mischief-making is a greater sin than detraction, and even than contumely, ..."
3. Poems by Frances Ridley Havergal (1883)
"MISCHIEF MAKING. ONLY a tiny dropping From a tiny hidden leak; But the flow is
never stopping, And the flaw is far to seek. Only some trickling water, ..."
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