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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
roguish
    adj 1: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin"
           [syn: devilish, rascally, roguish]
    2: 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]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Roguish \Rogu"ish\, a.
   1. Vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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            His roguish madness
            Allows itself to anything.            --Shak.
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   2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.
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   3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch.
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            The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most
            roguish cast.                         --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster] -- Rogu"ish*ly, adv. -- Rogu"ish*ness,
      n.
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Thesaurus Results for roguish:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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