Mischievous
Mischievous adjective - Tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness.
Rough and mischievous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rough" instead an adjective "Mischievous".
Rough
Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.
Mischievous and rough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mischievous" instead an adjective "Rough".
Both words in one sentence
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He's a rough-and-tumble, mischievous baseball fan from Boston in the 60's with a habit of calling others "chuckleheads" and the like, and carries around a baseball bat... which he uses to bash others' head in.
Source: The All-American Boy
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