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devilment
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Noun devilment has 1 sense
- devilment(n = noun.act) devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan - reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others; Array is a kind of misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed
has particulars: blaze, hell, monkey business, hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism
Derived form verb devil1
THESAURUS
devilment
aggravation, annoyance, bad news, bedevilment, bitchiness, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, crashing bore, cussedness, devilishness, devilry, deviltry, diablerie, difficulty, dogging, downer, drag, elfishness, evil intent, exasperation, foolishness, harassment, harmfulness, harrying, hatefulness, headache, high spirits, hounding, impishness, iniquitousness, invidiousness, maleficence, malice, malice aforethought, malice prepense, maliciousness, malignance, malignancy, malignity, meanness, mischief, mischievousness, molestation, nastiness, noxiousness, nuisance, orneriness, persecution, pest, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, problem, puckishness, roguery, roguishness, scampishness, sportiveness, trial, trouble, vexation, vexatiousness, waggery, waggishness, wickedness, worriment, worry, youthful spirits
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