roguish

3 definitions found

roguish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Roguish \Rogu"ish\, a.
     1. Vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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              His roguish madness
              Allows itself to anything.            --Shak.
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     2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.
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     3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch.
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              The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most
              roguish cast.                         --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster] -- Rogu"ish*ly, adv. -- Rogu"ish*ness,
        n.
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roguish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  roguish
      adj 1: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin"
             [syn: devilish, rascally, roguish]
      2: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the
         tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the
         captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" [syn: rascally,
         roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly]

roguish - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "roguish":
     arch, base, blackguardly, degraded, devilish, elfish, elvish,
     foolish, full of mischief, high-spirited, impish, infamous,
     knavish, mischief-loving, mischievous, notorious, playful,
     prankish, pranksome, pranky, puckish, rascally, recreant,
     reprobate, scampish, scapegrace, scoundrelly, sportive, trickish,
     tricksy, tricky, vile, villainous, waggish