playful nature
Tendency toward mischief
A playful nature is a disposition toward lightheartedness, fun, and spontaneous amusement.
Someone with a playful nature approaches life with humor and levity rather than seriousness: His playful nature made him popular with children.
The phrase often appears in descriptions of pets, romantic partners, or anyone whose default mode is cheerful mischief.
- frolickingLighthearted energetic movement
- cheerfulnessState of bright spirits
- good humorCheerful, friendly temperament
- jokingSaying things in fun
- tongue in cheekHumorously insincere manner
mischievousness · monkey business · exuberance · imagination · inner child · spontaneity · antic · joy · teasing · whimsy · free spirit · impish · silly goose · high jinks · laughter · roguish · curiosity · lightheartedness
- Abyssinian traitsruddy, sorrel, blue, fawn, almond eyes
- ___ nature
- dolphins in literaturecetaceans, porpoises, marine mammals
playful naturesullenness
Silently resentful ill humor
gloominess · moroseness · joylessness · dourness · glumness
playful natureinflexibility
Quality of being unbending
strictness · formality · stuffiness · stodginess · uptightness