devilment
8 synonyms for devilment, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Mischievous or wicked behaviour, or a single act of this kind.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Formed from devil and -ment (a suffix forming nouns for the actions or results of what the word it attaches to denotes).
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