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Causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble, especially in a playful way

Exhibiting a childlike playfulness

(of an action or statement) Causing or intended to cause harm or trouble

Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor

Playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way

Inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business

Evil or morally wrong

Arousing or meriting strong disgust, aversion, or displeasure

Noisy and disorderly

Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature

Showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness of something

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Adjective

Causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble, especially in a playful way

full of mischief

ill-disciplined

attention-seeking

lacking self-control

confrontational

socially impaired

undisciplinable

off straight and narrow

insurrectionary

insurrectionist

unaccommodating

obstinately disobedient

stubborn as a mule

without law and order

double-crossing

unfavourable^UK

individualistic

civil disobedience

as stubborn as a mule

disorganised^UK

disorganized^US

with a will of one's own

determined to have one's own way

self-opinionated

like a loose cannon

raising the roof

destabilising^UK

destabilizing^US

ready for a fight

spoiling for a fight

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“Ron was as happy as a mischievous child planning his next practical joke.”

Adjective

Exhibiting a childlike playfulness

tongue-in-cheek

mischief-making

feather-brained

full of mischief

tongue in cheek

straight shooting

square shooting

good-humoured^UK

good-humored^US

feeling one's oats

full of get-up-and-go

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

in high spirits

full of joie de vivre

full of vim and vigour

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“He gave her a little mischievous smile and returned his attention back to the teacher.”

Adjective

(of an action or statement) Causing or intended to cause harm or trouble

evil-intentioned

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

counterproductive

environmentally unfriendly

suggestive of evil

ill-humoured^UK

confrontational

accidentally on purpose

on a short fuse

ill-intentioned

seeking revenge

out for revenge

socially impaired

uncommunicative

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

having got out of bed the wrong side

easily offended

not on speaking terms

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“This is a mischievous allegation, deliberately made to create a very bad impression.”

Adjective

Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor

tongue-in-cheek

good-humoured^UK

good-humored^US

mincingly clever

quick on the draw

quick on the uptake

pulling one's leg

tongue in cheek

high and mighty

high-and-mighty

as bold as brass

full of yourself

full of oneself

too big for your boots

self-congratulatory

self-opinionated

self-centered^US

self-glorifying

self-centred^UK

uncomplimentary

coming on strong

throwing one's weight around

throwing one's weight about

putting on airs

not backwards in coming forwards

lacking civility

unduly familiar

making passes at

making advances towards

as game as Ned Kelly

having nerves of steel

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Adjective

Playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way

out of the ordinary

out in left field

off the beaten track

unrepresentative

uncharacteristic

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Adjective

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way

Adjective

Inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business

scrutinizing^US

scrutinising^UK

over-interested

interrogational

cross-examining

interventionist

full of oneself

burning with curiosity

pressurizing^US

pressurising^UK

not taking no for an answer

full of yourself

as bold as brass

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Adjective

Evil or morally wrong

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

beyond the pale

Mephistophelian

beyond contempt

good-for-nothing

beneath contempt

highly improper

a load of pants

not to be borne

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Adjective

Arousing or meriting strong disgust, aversion, or displeasure

stomach-turning

stomach-churning

beyond the pale

very unpleasant

unsportsmanlike

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

a load of pants

very disgusting

highly improper

not up to snuff

unfavourable^UK

dissatisfactory

less-than-stellar

not up to scratch

disadvantageous

ill-favoured^UK

beneath contempt

life-threatening

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to try the patience of Job

beyond endurance

not to be borne

too much to bear

beyond contempt

demoralizing^US

phantasmagorical

poverty-stricken

demoralising^UK

misproportioned

indescribably bad

indescribably wicked

beyond description

indescribably evil

like death warmed up

lowest of the low

too horrible for words

like the back end of a bus

Mephistophelian

foolish-looking

full of hardship

earth-shattering

blood-and-thunder

strictly for the birds

of poor quality

not quite the done thing

not up to standard

unprepossessing

energy-consuming

like getting blood out of a stone

easier said than done

evil-intentioned

bargain-basement

extremely painful

out of the ordinary

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

more than one can bear

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Adjective

Noisy and disorderly

Adjective

Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

double-crossing

unsportsmanlike

hard to pin down

cloak-and-dagger

hole-and-corner

like a snake in the grass

under the table

playing politics

not straightforward

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Adjective

Showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness of something

representational

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