roguish [
'rәugiʃ]
a. 流氓的, 无赖的, 恶作剧的
[法] 不诚实的, 流氓的, 恶作剧的
roguish[ adj ]- playful in an appealingly bold way
<adj.all>
a roguish grin
- lacking principles or scruples
<adj.all>
the rascally rabble
the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy
the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew
Roguish \Rogu"ish\, a.
1. Vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
His roguish madness
Allows itself to anything. --Shak.
2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.
3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch.
The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most
roguish cast. --Dryden.
※ -- {Rogu"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Rogu"ish*ness},
n.
- He plays a roguish revolutionary during the 16th-century Swedish Reformation.
- He revels in his roguish image.
- "This is yet another roguish act of the United States," he told reporters. "Americans think we are all banana republics.