raffish
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adjective \ˈra-fish\Definition of RAFFISH
1
: marked by or suggestive of flashy vulgarity or crudeness
See Examples of RAFFISH
- <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
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