Definitions for roguishˈroʊ gɪʃ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ro•guishˈroʊ gɪʃ(adj.)

  1. dishonest, knavish, or rascally.

  2. playfully mischievous.

ro′guish•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. devilish, rascally, roguish(adj)

    playful in an appealingly bold way

    "a roguish grin"

  2. rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly(adj)

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. roguish(Adjective)

    unprincipled or unscrupulous

  2. roguish(Adjective)

    mischievous and playful

Webster Dictionary

  1. Roguish(adj)

    vagrant

  2. Roguish(adj)

    resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish

  3. Roguish(adj)

    pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch


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