as in monkeys
an appealingly mischievous person
he's a little mischief who means no harm
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Noun
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His early attempts to fit in did not go well; the other monkeys gave him either the cold shoulder or a very hard time.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026 -
Punch Is Making Progress Punch is now building his connections with the other monkeys in his troop.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Other sufferers, however, who submitted entries to the 1983 Migraine Art Competition, depicted their pain in drawings and paintings of nails, needles, axes, ice picks, arrows, bolts, jaws, chisels, shivs, guns, red-hot spears, sledgehammers, devils, and long pins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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There are sounds and shadows in the forest; the Devil, or devils, may be walking the earth.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Mischiefs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mischiefs. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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