devilments
Acts of mischief
Devilments is the plural of devilment—mischievous or troublesome behavior, usually minor rather than truly wicked.
The word suggests playful naughtiness more than genuine evil: The children were up to their usual devilments.
It carries an old-fashioned, slightly affectionate tone, as if the speaker finds the misbehavior more amusing than alarming.
Playful mischievous acts
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
- naughtinessMinor improper conduct
impishness · roguery · high jinks · monkeyshines · troublemaking · misbehavior · escapades · frolics
Intentional misleading of others
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
- duperyCalculated misleading of another
cunning · duplicity · ruse · ploy · artifice · stratagem · sleight · hoax
Enticing someone romantically
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- enticementSomething that attracts
- viceBad habit or deputy
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
sin · lure · debauchery · indulgence · wickedness · depravity · iniquity · profligacy
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Playful mischievous acts
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
naughtiness · impishness · roguery · high jinks · monkeyshines · troublemaking · misbehavior · escapades · frolics · playfulness
deception
Intentional misleading of others
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
dupery · cunning · duplicity · ruse · ploy · artifice · stratagem · sleight · hoax · bamboozlement
seduction
Enticing someone romantically
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- enticementSomething that attracts
- viceBad habit or deputy
corruption · sin · lure · debauchery · indulgence · wickedness · depravity · iniquity · profligacy · moral corruption
devilmentsobedience
Compliance with authority
compliance · conformity · good behavior · good conduct · submissiveness
devilmentsvirtues
Positive moral traits
good deeds · righteousness · saintliness · benevolence · piety