Mischief: alternatives and connections

A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

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The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.

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The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monument…

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Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

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The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.

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Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct.

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An evil deed; a wicked action.

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To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.

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To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.

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Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

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Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

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Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

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Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

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The quality or state of being baleful.

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Deviltry.

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Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.

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Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry.

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Evil doing, esp. to others.

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Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels.

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The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.

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The life of a vargant.

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The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.

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The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.

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