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Antonyms for raffish

Grammar : Adj
Spell : raf-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræf ɪʃ

Definition of raffish

Origin :
  • "disreputable, vulgar," 1801 (first attested in Jane Austen), from raff "people," usually of a lower sort (1670s), probably from rif and raf (mid-14c.) "everyone," from Middle English raf, raffe "one and all, everybody" (see riffraff). Related: Raffishly; raffishness.
  • adj unmindful of social conventions
Example sentences :
  • Raffish and flamboyant, he lounged forward to the window of the carriage.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of Raasay » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Raffish party too, spy and conspirator persuasion, that sort of thing.
  • Extract from : « Nevermore » by Rolf Boldrewood
  • And oh the raffish counts and more than doubtful countesses, the noodles and the blacklegs, the good society!
  • Extract from : « The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete » by John Forster
  • And there are screeching Cockney women, raw and raffish, brutalized children, and men who would survive in the fiercest jungle.
  • Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke
  • You see, he is himself pater familias, with no Bohemian trait or raffish turn.
  • Extract from : « John Leech, His Life and Work, Vol. II (of II) » by William Powell Frith
  • But she had an untidy, touzled, raffish appearance, due to I knew not what investiture of disrepute.
  • Extract from : « The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne » by William J. Locke
  • The raffish mongrel was apparently endeavouring to fletcherize a complete stranger of the Sealyham family.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Sally » by P. G. Wodehouse
  • The raffish young gentleman in gloves must measure his scholarship with the plain, clownish laddie from the parish school.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • If they could do that, need they ever have shot that raffish old lord—I beg pardon, my dear—your highly respected grandfather?
  • Extract from : « Erema » by R. D. Blackmore
  • But the muslin curtains, tied back with raffish pink bows, had really worried her most of all.
  • Extract from : « Carnival » by Compton Mackenzie

Synonyms for raffish

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