MISCHIEF-MAKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mischief-maker mean? 

• MISCHIEF-MAKER (noun)
  The noun MISCHIEF-MAKER has 1 sense:

1. someone who deliberately stirs up trouble

  Familiarity information: MISCHIEF-MAKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISCHIEF-MAKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who deliberately stirs up trouble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bad hat; mischief-maker; trouble maker; troublemaker; troubler

Hypernyms ("mischief-maker" is a kind of...):

persona non grata; unwelcome person (a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mischief-maker"):

agitator; fomenter (one who agitates; a political troublemaker)

disturber (a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion)

badgerer; heckler (someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections)

devil; heller; hellion (a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man))

hellhound (a very evil man)

firebrand; inciter; instigant; instigator; provoker (someone who deliberately foments trouble)

blusterer; loudmouth (a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly)

cut-up; hoaxer; practical joker; prankster; tricker; trickster (someone who plays practical jokes on others)

rioter (troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority)

 Context examples 

He was a sneak and a thief, a mischief-maker, a fomenter of trouble; and irate squaws told him to his face, the while he eyed them alert and ready to dodge any quick-flung missile, that he was a wolf and worthless and bound to come to an evil end.

(White Fang, by Jack London)