"mischievous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪ.vəs/ Audio: en-us-mischievous.ogg [US] Forms: mischievous [positive], more mischievous [comparative], most mischievous [superlative]
Etymology: mischief + -ous Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|mischief|ous}} mischief + -ous Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A mischievous person is someone who is cheeky.
    Sense id: simple-mischievous-en-adj-Fb82JMCT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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