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raffish |
Overview of adj raffish The adj raffish has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, snappy, spruce -- (marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat") 2. devil-may-care, raffish, rakish -- (marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore) Antonyms of adj raffish 2 senses of raffish Sense 1 dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, snappy, spruce INDIRECT (VIA fashionable) -> unfashionable, unstylish, out of fashion Sense 2 devil-may-care, raffish, rakish INDIRECT (VIA unconventional, unconventional) -> conventional INDIRECT (VIA unconventional) -> conventional Similarity of adj raffish 2 senses of raffish Sense 1 dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, snappy, spruce => fashionable (vs. unfashionable), stylish Sense 2 devil-may-care, raffish, rakish => unconventional (vs. conventional) (vs. conventional) Attributes of adj raffish Familiarity of adj raffish raffish used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj raffish raffish Overview of adj raffish The adj raffish has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, snappy, spruce -- (marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat") 2. devil-may-care, raffish, rakish -- (marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore)
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