PUCKISH Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

puckish

adjective

ˈpə-kish

Definition of puckish

as in mischievous

tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness he takes a puckish delight in teasing her about her love life, or lack thereof

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Recent Examples of puckish Throughout it all, he's maintained a puckish, playful approach. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026 Her politics grew out of puckish sass—a need to trouble the authority of her conservative parents—as much as out of an essential righteousness. — Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025 And chuckled with Spicy, Austin’s own puckish cartoonist. — Steve Sewall, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025 Like End of the Century, Castro’s latest is both sexy and surprisingly cosmic, but this time with a casual, puckish charm. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for puckish

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Catching mischievous agents in real time The Hugging Face incident reveals the importance of real-time monitoring.

— Harry Booth, Time, 24 July 2026
Everyone’s favorite fast-running, mischievous, coin-collecting hedgehog is turning 35.

— Drew Pittock, USA Today, 20 July 2026

Definition of mischievous

Adjective

Ben Affleck and a Jeopardy alum are putting their wicked smarts to good use.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 July 2026
Alli Logout of the punk band Special Interest and rising pop producer Margo XS join forces on a club record whose messy hedonism is matched only by its wicked sense of humor.

— Cameron Cook, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026

Definition of wicked

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The stone in the shower had an almost iridescent quality to it, reminiscent of a seashell, a playful nod to Maui’s beaches.

— Ronee Uyeshiro, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026
Pieces that are personal, playful, and don’t quite match are the ones that make a room or an outfit unmistakably one’s own.

— ALEX EAGLE, Vogue, 26 July 2026

Definition of playful

Adjective

Kutsuna has an impish twinkle; Yamada mutely swans about in a daze like an opium fiend.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Two years ago, the Man City phenom appeared in a 90-second spot for the game that saw him get recruited to storm a castle teeming with goblins, dragons and impish skeletons.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of impish

Adjective

The catastrophies that our heroine averts are awfully small potatoes — a bulldozer running amok, an amusement park ride speeding out of control, some prankish teenagers scheming to turn the girl’s shower into a steambath.

— Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Angela Balogh Calin’s costumes prepare the way for Ionesco’s prankish jokes.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026

Definition of prankish

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