'Roguish' definitions:
Definition of 'roguish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
adjective
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]
Definition of 'Roguish'
From: GCIDE
- Roguish \Rogu"ish\, a.
- 1. Vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- His roguish madness Allows itself to anything. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch. [1913 Webster]
- The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most roguish cast. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- {Rogu"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Rogu"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'roguish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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