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  • 81waggery — Synonyms and related words: crack, devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, drollery, elfishness, flippancy, foolishness, frivolity, gag, high spirits, impishness, jape, jest, levity, merriment, mischief, mischievousness, playfulness,… …

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  • 82Linder, Max — (1883 1925) (Gabriel Maximilien Leuvielle)    actor, film producer    Max Linder (the stage name of Gabriel Maximilien Leuvielle) was born in Saint Loubès, Gironde. His style, finesse, mischievousness, and playfulness made him a precursor of the… …

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  • 83bad — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. vicious, wicked; defective; hurtful, noxious; unfavorable, unfortunate. See badness, inexpedience, imperfection. Ant., good. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Wicked] Syn. immoral, evil, wrong, corrupt;… …

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  • 84mischief — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. harm, injury; trouble; prank. See evil. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Damage] Syn. hurt, injury, trouble, harm; see damage 1 . 2. [Evil] Syn. atrocity, ill, catastrophe; see evil 2 , wrong 2 . 3.… …

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  • 85rascality — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knavery, villainy, roguery, blackguardism. See improbity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. roguery, villainy, baseness, meanness, knavery, wickedness, culpability, guile, profligacy, chicanery, treachery,… …

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  • 86roguery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knavishness, rascality, mischief. See improbity, badness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trickery, villainy, fraud, rascality; see deception 1 , dishonesty , mischief . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun… …

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  • 87wicked — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. evil, bad; criminal, depraved, iniquitous; cruel, heartless, sinful, vicious, immoral; difficult, disagreeable; informal, mischievous. See wrong. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Morally evil] Syn. evil,… …

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  • 88deviltry — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rascality, roguery, trouble; see mischief 3 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Annoying yet harmless, usually playful acts: devilry, diablerie, high jinks, impishness, mischief, mischievousness, prankishness, rascality,… …

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  • 89tomfoolery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. silliness, horseplay, frolic; see fun . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. silliness, foolishness, childish behavior, nonsense, *monkeyshines, *shenanigans, antics, joking, jesting, *horseplay, high jinks. ANT.: seriousness,… …

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  • 90devilry — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Annoying yet harmless, usually playful acts: deviltry, diablerie, high jinks, impishness, mischief, mischievousness, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, tomfoolery. Informal: shenanigan (often used in… …

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