Devilment

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Devilment \Dev"il*ment\, n.
     Deviltry. --Bp. Warburton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  devilment
       n : reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
           annoyance in others [syn: {mischief}, {mischief-making},
           {mischievousness}, {deviltry}, {devilry}, {rascality}, {roguery},
            {roguishness}, {shenanigan}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "devilment":
     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