Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Making trouble for others; causing quarrels.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
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Examples
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To call it mischief-making is perhaps unfair, since his admirers seem sincere.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Not only does she run a household chock full of mischief-making Weasley wizards in training, but in the course of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, she mothers her kids and their friends, hides and organizes activists, and hosts a lovely backyard wedding.
Claire Moshenberg: Pass the Popcorn: Top Five Movie Moms! Claire Moshenberg 2011
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Bertie Wooster on the mischief-making talents of a certain redhead
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MaryRC on Bertie Wooster on the mischief-making talents of a certain redhead
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Bertie Wooster on the mischief-making talents of a certain redhead
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Not only does she run a household chock full of mischief-making Weasley wizards in training, but in the course of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, she mothers her kids and their friends, hides and organizes activists, and hosts a lovely backyard wedding.
Claire Moshenberg: Pass the Popcorn: Top Five Movie Moms! Claire Moshenberg 2011
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Not only does she run a household chock full of mischief-making Weasley wizards in training, but in the course of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, she mothers her kids and their friends, hides and organizes activists, and hosts a lovely backyard wedding.
Claire Moshenberg: Pass the Popcorn: Top Five Movie Moms! Claire Moshenberg 2011
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The potential for sceptics to obsess over slight differences increases the volume of mischief-making exponentially.
Open Climate Science or Denial of Service attacks? | Serendipity 2009
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Not only does she run a household chock full of mischief-making Weasley wizards in training, but in the course of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, she mothers her kids and their friends, hides and organizes activists, and hosts a lovely backyard wedding.
Claire Moshenberg: Pass the Popcorn: Top Five Movie Moms! Claire Moshenberg 2011
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MaryRC on Bertie Wooster on the mischief-making talents of a certain redhead
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