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What is the noun for mischievous?

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mischief
  1. Petty annoyance:
    1. (uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
    2. (uncountable) Inclination to cause annoyance or trouble.
    3. (countable) An annoying action.
  2. (archaic) Harm or injury:
    1. (uncountable) Harm or trouble caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.
    2. (countable) An injury or an instance of harm or trouble caused by a person or other agent or cause.
  3. (archaic) Cause or agent of annoyance, harm, or injury:
    1. (countable) A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury,
  4. (collective) A group or a pack of rats.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “He came in with that evil little gleam in his eye, signaling to everyone that he was up to mischief.”
      “It took a while for Georgia to see the humor in Jim's mischief.”
      “He's just a little mischief who really means no harm.”
mischievousness
  1. The characteristic of being mischievous; the tendency to make mischief.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “To keep himself loose and pliable and imbued with the mischievousness that nourished him, Paul often resorted to practical jokes.”
      “Modern and elegant to the tip of its hands, the Blancpain Women Saint-Valentin 2009 marries daring design with a spirit of mischievousness.”
      “Very neat in appearance, but had that happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful.”
mischiefmaking
  1. The making of mischief; troublemaking.
mischiefmaker
mischieving
  1. (now Scotland) The causing of damage or terror; rampaging. [from 15th c.]
  2. Examples:
    1. “And it ate up sheep and men and women and was a fair terror, and the King had his heralds cry a reward to whatever knight would ride and end the mischieving of the beast.”
mischiefe
  1. Obsolete spelling of mischief
mischief-maker
  1. A person who makes mischief.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Otherwise, there is nothing too disturbing in the neurotic craftsman's life beyond a seemingly mythical mischief-maker in the cellar and a boss who takes advantage.”
      “A true mischief-maker would have expected that kind of response and mocked me, or at least betrayed amusement.”
      “However, the right candidate will cause any mischief to backfire and harm only the mischief-maker.”
mischievousnesses
mischief-makers
  1. plural of mischief-maker
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Traditionally, they were thought to be hoaxes written by mischief-makers or mentally unstable members of the public.”
      “What a pity you have allowed yourself to be used by Liberal Democrat mischief-makers to publish misinformation.”
      “Verse 35 even condemns them as the archetypal mischief-makers who ignored the admonitions of earlier prophets.”
mischiefmakers
mischiefes
  1. plural of mischiefe
mischiefs
  1. plural of mischief
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The literature and the history leagued so that one lends to Berry a slope pronounced for the night mischiefs and other sarabands.”
      “Phi spirits or ghosts are harmful forces that cause only mischiefs and misfortunes.”
      “They are prefaced by some general reflexions on the mischiefs occasioned by the sacra fames auri.”
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