The mischief was, these allies would never allow that the common
enemy was subdued.
Swift.
To be in mischief, to be doing harm or causing annoyance. -- To make
mischief, to do mischief, especially by exciting quarrels. -- To play
the mischief, to cause great harm; to throw into confusion. [Colloq.]
Syn. -- Damage; harm; hurt; injury; detriment; evil; ill. -- Mischief,
Damage, Harm. Damage is an injury which diminishes the value of a
thing; harm is an injury which causes trouble or inconvenience;
mischief is an injury which disturbs the order and consistency of
things. We often suffer damage or harm from accident, but mischief
always springs from perversity or folly.
Mis"chief, v. t. To do harm to. [Obs.] Milton.
Mis"chief*a*ble (?), a. Mischievous. [R.] Lydgate.
Mis"chief*ful (?), a. Mischievous. [Obs.] Foote.
Mis"chief-mak`er (?), n. One who makes mischief; one who excites or
instigates quarrels or enmity.
Mis"chief-mak`ing, a. Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. Rowe.
-- n. The act or practice of making mischief, inciting quarrels, etc.
Mis"chie*vous (ms"ch*vs), a. Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now
often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a
mischievous child. "Most mischievous foul sin." Shak.
This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably mischievous
to society.
South.
Syn. -- Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious;
destructive.
-- Mis"chie*vous*ly, adv. -- Mis"chie*vous*ness, n.
Misch"na (?), n. See Mishna.
Misch"nic (?), a. See Mishnic.
Mis*choose" (?), v. t. [imp. Mischose (?); p. p. Mischosen (?); p. pr.
& vb. n. Mischoosing.] To choose wrongly. Milton.
Mis*choose", v. i. To make a wrong choice.
Mis*chris"ten (?), v. t. To christen wrongly.
Mis`ci*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. miscibilité.] Capability of being
mixed.
Mis"ci*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. miscible, fr. L. miscere to mix.] Capable of
being mixed; mixable; as, water and alcohol are miscible in all
proportions. Burke.
Mis`ci*ta"tion (?), n. Erroneous citation.
Mis*cite", v. t. To cite erroneously.
Mis*claim" (?), n. A mistaken claim.
Mis*cog"ni*zant (?), a. (Law) Not cognizant; ignorant; not knowing.
Mis*cog"nize (?), v. t. To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand. [Obs.]
Holland.
Mis*col`lo*ca"tion (?), n. Wrong collocation. De Quincey.
Mis*col"or (?), v. t. To give a wrong color to; figuratively, to set
forth erroneously or unfairly; as, to miscolor facts. C. Kingsley.