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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pixieish
Adjective
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News of Eric Dane’s death Thursday was met with an outpouring of grief by celebrities, who expressed their admiration for the TV star’s mischievous on-screen charisma and his advocacy efforts during his battle against ALS.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Deano follows a mischievous 8-year-old boy with a heart of gold, blending a modern family’s chaos with biting satire.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Fans are going to like its mix of classic vibes on the 10 originals and one very wicked cover song.—
Peter Larsen,
Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Power restoration will take days following the hurricane-force wicked winds and heavy wet snow, officials warn.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Sawgrass Mills is playful and even a little zany, so that amid all those bargain outlet stores, there’s a sense of adventure.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Parker and his team wanted a sense of heart conveyed through the playful, tuneful, unpolished score.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Their illustrations glowed on the asphalt; the chalk may as well have been pixie dust.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Nov. 2025
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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
Adjective
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The book forfeits the puckish immediacy of Bush’s Instagram dispatches for more earnest, effortful prose.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Throughout it all, he's maintained a puckish, playful approach.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Just an impish grin and a wave to the crowd.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Together, even when the cameras are off, the hosts are affable and garrulous, veering from one riff to another with the impish energy of drive-time radio hosts who monitor Rasmussen polling instead of batting averages.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Newsom has capably sensed what Democrats want right now, and is delivering it with a roguish charisma.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
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He's egged on by owner Jonathan Yu—the outward opposite to the roguish tattooed chef and the game-for-anything, sly devil on his shoulder who hides a mischievous heart behind elegant suits.—
Su-Jit Lin,
Southern Living,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Pixieish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pixieish. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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