PIXIEISH Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

pixieish

adjective

Definition of pixieish

as in mischievous

tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness the actress had a pixieish quality that served her well in screwball comedies

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Adjective

Paramount Great Again hat, but didn’t expect the mischievous executive to turn up in Edinburgh wearing the headgear.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
Reports from across the UK show the mischievous character lurking outside windows and startling passersby.

— Gina Park, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of mischievous

Adjective

Kiss off the haters with a pretty wicked portrait from our Free Photobooth.

— Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Along with other large parts of Northwest Indiana, East Chicago was hit with power outages following a wicked storm that blasted through the area a week ago Tuesday.

— Lauren Victory, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of wicked

Adjective

Eisenberg’s playful comedy, which just premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, is sometimes a musical and occasionally a thriller.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
At a gathering with other artists, a seemingly playful party game culminates in an excruciating monologue about child abuse.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of playful

Adjective

Their illustrations glowed on the asphalt; the chalk may as well have been pixie dust.

— Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 10 Nov. 2025
But in a new post added to Instagram, Mayim decided to make a more dramatic and permanent switch to her hairstyle by chopping it off into a semi-pixie cut.

— Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2023

Definition of pixie

Adjective

In a sprightly performance rife with oddball mannerisms, Gnecco gives Borges equal parts impish wisdom, earthy vulgarity and childlike wonder, rarely letting a moment’s silence go unfilled with eager chatter.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
Ahead of the comedy’s second season, FX brought on Danny DeVito to play Dennis and Dee’s impish, absentee businessman father, Frank, in hopes that his presence would bring in more viewers.

— Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of impish

Adjective

No movie has ever been made worse by Mads Mikkelsen, who plays our Big Bad, while Waller-Bridge has great comedic rapport with Ford as his charmingly roguish sidekick.

— Frank DeRuggiero, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
The movie follows the life of feisty belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), from growing up on a plantation to her love affairs, including with roguish Rhett Butler (Clark Gable).

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Definition of roguish

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