different between prejudicial vs mischievous

English

Alternative forms

• prejudical, prejudicall (obsolete)

Adjective

prejudicial (comparative more prejudicial, superlative most prejudicial)

1. Exhibiting prejudice or bias.
2. Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious.
   • 2011, Minette Walters, The Scold's Bridle

     Were I to give you money, for whatever reason, it would be extremely prejudicial to your chances in court if you were unfortunate enough to appear there.

3. (law) Tending to convince based on past history rather than on evidence about the case at hand.

Synonyms

• (causing harm): See also Thesaurus:harmful

Antonyms

• (law): probative

Translations

Portuguese

Adjective

prejudicial m or f (plural prejudiciais, comparable)

1. harmful

   Synonyms: danoso, nocivo, daninho

2. prejudicial

Derived terms

• prejudicialidade
• prejudicialmente

Further reading

• “prejudicial” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French préjudiciel.

Adjective

prejudicial m or n (feminine singular prejudicial?, masculine plural prejudiciali, feminine and neuter plural prejudiciale)

1. prejudicial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

pre- +? judicial

Adjective

prejudicial (plural prejudiciales)

1. prior to the administration of justice

See also

• perjudicial
• prejuiciado

Further reading

• “prejudicial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• mischievious, mischevious (nonstandard forms)

Etymology

From Middle English myschevous, mischevous, from Anglo-Norman meschevous, from Old French meschever, from mes- (“mis-”) + chever (“come to an end”) (from chef (“head”)). Synchronically analyzable as mischief +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?s.t???.v?s/, /?m?s.t???.v?s/
• (nonstandard) /m?s.?t??i?.vi.?s/ (often along with the nonstandard spelling misch(i)evious)
• (dated) /m?s.?t??i?.v?s/

Adjective

mischievous (comparative more mischievous, superlative most mischievous)

1. Causing mischief; injurious.
2. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.

   Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.

Usage notes

The spelling "misch(i)evious" and similar ones can be found since the 16th century, so the corresponding pronunciation is at least as old. But despite being common in a wide range of social classes today, these spellings and the corresponding pronunciation are still considered nonstandard and often viewed as incorrect.

Synonyms

• (causing mischief): harmful, hurtful, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, destructive; see also Thesaurus:harmful
• (badly-behaved): badly-behaved, naughty

Derived terms

• mischievously
• mischievousness

Translations

Further reading

• mischievous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mischievous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• mischievous at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• mischevious