devilment

devilment
Synonyms and related words:
aggravation, annoyance, bad news, bedevilment, bitchiness, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, crashing bore, cussedness, devilishness, devilry, deviltry, diablerie, difficulty, dogging, downer, drag, elfishness, evil intent, exasperation, foolishness, harassment, harmfulness, harrying, hatefulness, headache, high spirits, hounding, impishness, iniquitousness, invidiousness, maleficence, malice, malice aforethought, malice prepense, maliciousness, malignance, malignancy, malignity, meanness, mischief, mischievousness, molestation, nastiness, noxiousness, nuisance, orneriness, persecution, pest, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, problem, puckishness, roguery, roguishness, scampishness, sportiveness, trial, trouble, vexation, vexatiousness, waggery, waggishness, wickedness, worriment, worry, youthful spirits

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Devilment — Dev il*ment, n. Deviltry. Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • devilment — index mischief, nuisance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • devilment — 1771; see DEVIL (Cf. devil) + MENT (Cf. ment) …   Etymology dictionary

  • devilment — ► NOUN ▪ reckless mischief; wild spirits …   English terms dictionary

  • devilment — [dev′əl mənt] n. mischief or mischievous action …   English World dictionary

  • devilment — dev|il|ment [ˈdevəlmənt] n also dev|il|ry [ˈdevəlri][U] literary wild or bad behaviour that causes trouble ▪ eyes blazing with devilment …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • devilment — noun (U) literary wild or bad behaviour that causes trouble: eyes blazing with devilment …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • devilment — noun Date: 1771 mischief …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • devilment — /dev euhl meuhnt/, n. devilish action or conduct; deviltry. [1765 75; DEVIL + MENT] * * * …   Universalium

  • devilment — noun devilish action or conduct; mischief …   Wiktionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”