devilment

Meanings

Plural: devilments

Noun

• reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
• Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
• A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
• Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.
• Something cleverly constructed.
• A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.

Synonyms

devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan