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knavery, mischievousness, rascality, shenanigans, waggery, wickedness; also naughtiness; friskiness, playfulness; chicanery, hanky-panky, trickery; high jinks, monkeyshines, skylarking, tomfoolery; antic, caper, practical joke; aggravation, annoyance, exasperation, irritation

mis·chie·vous adjective 1 : of a kind likely to be damaging : HARMFUL, INJURIOUS

2 : causing annoyance or minor injury

3 : irresponsibly playful

— mis·chie·vous·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] adverse, damaging, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, injurious, prejudicial—more at HARMFUL

[3] devilish, impish, knavish, naughty, rascally, roguish, sly, waggish, wicked

mis·chie·vous·ness noun : the quality or state of being mischievous

Synonyms

devilishness, impishness, knavery, mischief, rascality, shenanigans, waggery, wickedness—more at MISCHIEF

mis·ci·ble adjective : capable of being mixed

mis·com·mu·ni·ca·tion noun : failure to communicate clearly

mis·con·ceive verb : to interpret incorrectly

Synonyms

miscalculate, misjudge, mistake—more at MISCALCULATE

mis·con·cep·tion noun : the act or result of misconceiving

Synonyms

error, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, illusion, myth, old wives' tale, untruth—more at FALLACY

mis·con·duct noun 1 : MISMANAGEMENT

2 : intentional wrongdoing

3 : improper behavior

Synonyms

[2, 3] malfeasance, misbehavior, misdoing, wrongdoing; also crime, malefaction, misdeed, sin, wrong; malpractice; familiarity, gaffe, impropriety, indiscretion; blunder, error, fault, flub, fumble, goof, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, slip, slipup, stumble

mis·con·struc·tion noun : the action of misconstruing

Synonyms

misapprehension, misinterpretation, misunderstanding—more at MISUNDERSTANDING

mis·con·strue verb : to interpret wrongly : MISINTERPRET

Synonyms

misapprehend, misinterpret, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand—more at MISUNDERSTAND

mis·count verb : to count incorrectly : MISCALCULATE

mis·cre·ant noun : one who behaves criminally or viciously

— miscreant adjective

mis·cue noun : a wrong action or statement : MISTAKE, ERROR

— miscue verb

Synonyms

blunder, error, fault, flub, fumble, goof, lapse, misstep, mistake, oversight, slip, stumble—more at ERROR

mis·deed noun : a wrong deed

Synonyms

breach, crime, error, malefaction, misdoing, offense, sin, transgression, trespass, violation, wrongdoing—more at OFFENSE

mis·de·mean·or noun 1 : a crime less serious than a felony

2 : MISDEED

mis·di·rect verb : to give a wrong direction to

— mis·di·rec·tion noun

mis·do·ing noun : the act or an instance of misbehaving : WRONGDOING

— mis·do verb

— mis·do·er noun

Synonyms

malfeasance, misbehavior, misconduct, wrongdoing—more at MISCONDUCT

mise–en–scène noun, plural mise–en–scènes [ORIGIN: F]

1 : the arrangement of the scenery, property, and actors on a stage

2 : SETTING; also : ENVIRONMENT

mi·ser noun [ORIGIN: L miser miserable]

: a person who hoards and is stingy with money

— mi·ser·ly adjective

Synonyms

cheapskate, niggard, skinflint, tightwad; also hoarder, saver

mis·er·a·ble adjective 1 a : wretchedly deficient, meager, or of poor quality

b : causing extreme discomfort or unhappiness

2 : being in a state of poverty or distress

3 : being likely to discredit or shame

— mis·er·a·ble·ness noun

— mis·er·a·bly adverb

Synonyms

[1a] bad, cheap, inferior, mediocre, poor, rotten, second-rate, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tacky, terrible, threadbare, wretched—more at CHEAP

[1b] bleak, depressing, dismal, dreary, gloomy

[2] heartbreaking, pathetic, piteous, pitiful, poor, rueful, sorry, unhappy, wretched

mi·ser·li·ness noun : the quality or state of being a miser or like a miser

Synonyms

cheapness, closeness, parsimony, stinginess, tightness—more at PARSIMONY

mis·ery noun, plural -er·ies 1 : suffering and want caused by poverty or affliction

2 : a cause of suffering or discomfort

3 : emotional distress

Synonyms

affliction, agony, anguish, distress, pain, torment, torture, tribulation, woe—more at DISTRESS