raffish
mildly or sometimes engagingly disreputable or nonconformist: a matinee idol whose raffish offstage behavior amused millions.
gaudily vulgar or cheap; tawdry.
Origin of raffish
1Other words for raffish
Opposites for raffish
Other words from raffish
- raff·ish·ly, adverb
- raff·ish·ness, noun
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How to use raffish in a sentence
Visiting him in his room at the raffish Chelsea Hotel, I noticed that there was a crumpled cigarette package under the bed.
If they could do that, need they ever have shot that raffish old lord—I beg pardon, my dear—your highly respected grandfather?
Erema | R. D. BlackmoreAlthough the raffish peer denied all complicity, he did not come out of the business too well.
The Magnificent Montez | Horace WyndhamI was getting as bad as Renner—looking lecherously at the raffish display of shapely leg as the blond bombshell beat it.
Modus Vivendi | Gordon Randall GarrettBut the muslin curtains, tied back with raffish pink bows, had really worried her most of all.
Carnival | Compton Mackenzie
raffish party too, spy and conspirator persuasion, that sort of thing.
Nevermore | Rolf Boldrewood
British Dictionary definitions for raffish
/ (ˈræfɪʃ) /
careless or unconventional in dress, manners, etc; rakish
tawdry; flashy; vulgar
Origin of raffish
1Derived forms of raffish
- raffishly, adverb
- raffishness, noun
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