raffish

raff·ish

adj \ˈra-fish\

Definition of RAFFISH

1

: marked by or suggestive of flashy vulgarity or crudeness

2

: marked by a careless unconventionality : rakish

— raff·ish·ly adverb

— raff·ish·ness noun

Examples of RAFFISH

1. <the dowager cringed at the thought of raffish tourists in rough boots tromping all over her Persian rugs>

First Known Use of RAFFISH

1796

Related to RAFFISH

Synonyms: common, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, illiberal [archaic], incult, insensible, low, lowbred, lowbrow, coarse, rough, rough-hewn, roughneck, rude, rugged, tasteless, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar

Antonyms: civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined, smooth, tasteful, ultrarefined, well-bred

Related Words: boorish, churlish, cloddish, clownish, loutish, ungentlemanly; clumsy, lubberly, lumpish, oafish; inconsiderate, indelicate, insensitive, thoughtless; countrified (also countryfied), provincial, rustic (also rustical), unsophisticated; graceless, inelegant, tacky; animallike, barbaric, barbarous, uncivilized; mannerless, unmannered, unmannerly

Near Antonyms: aristocratic, courtly, patrician; elegant, graceful, restrained; considerate, gracious, sensitive, thoughtful; citified, sophisticated, urbane

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