mischievousness
121monkey business — noun, informal they better not try any monkey business when Ms. Bergdahl is around Syn: mischief, misbehavior, mischievousness, devilry, devilment, tomfoolery; dishonesty, trickery, chicanery, skulduggery; informal shenanigans, funny business,… …
122bad — 1 Bad, evil, ill, wicked, naughty are comparable when they mean not meeting with the approval of the ethical consciousness. Bad is a very general term and applies to anyone or anything reprehensible, for whatever reason and to whatever degree… …
123flippancy — levity, *lightness, light mindedness, frivolity, volatility, flightiness Analogous words: sauciness, pertness, archness (see corresponding adjectives at SAUCY): impishness, waggishness, roguishness, mischievousness, playfulness (see corresponding …
124villain — villain, scoundrel, blackguard, knave, rascal, rogue, scamp, rapscallion, miscreant can all denote a low, mean, and reprehensible person utterly lacking in principles. Villain describes one utterly given to crime, evil, and baseness {are not made …
125delinquency — n 1. dereliction, negligence, Law. nonfeasance, omission, failure, default; remissness, faithlessness, carelessness; wrongdoing, malefaction, malfeasance, misfeasance, Chiefly Law. malversation. 2. guilt, blame, fault; culpability,… …
126deviltry — n 1. mischievousness, mischief, foul play, devilry, Inf. goings on; villainy, knavery, rascality, roguery. 2. wickedness, diabolicalness, fiendishness, satanicalness, hellishness, infernality; evil, iniquity, improbity, vice; maliciousness,… …
127knavery — n 1. rascality, roguery, roguishness, unscrupulousness, baseness, knavishness; villainy, miscreancy, deviltry, evildoing, wrongdoing, evil ways, dark and crooked ways; mischief, mischievousness, pettifoggery, chicanery, shenanigans, hanky panky,… …
128rascality — n 1. mischievousness, impishness, puck ishness, devilishness, scampishness, waggishness. 2. knavery, roguery, roguishness, unscrupulousness, baseness; villainy, miscreancy, reprobacy; churlishness, blackguardism. 3. mischief, pettifoggery,… …
