Mischievous
Mischievous adjective - Tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness.
Petty and mischievous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Petty" instead an adjective "Mischievous".
Petty
Petty adjective - Not broad or open in views or opinions.
Mischievous and petty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mischievous" instead an adjective "Petty".
Both words in one sentence
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Jealousy and petty anger, on the other hand, cause mischievous characters to do horrible things at times.
- Monkey is one of the martial arts masters known as the Furious Five who wields a staff in battle; he also has a brother known as Wu Kong who is a monkey who commits petty crime as his form of amusement (sharing the mischievous trickster aspects of the Monkey king).
Source: Monkey King Lite
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