rascality

ras·cal·i·ty

noun \ra-ˈska-lə-tē\

plural ras·cal·i·ties

Definition of RASCALITY

1

: rabble

2

a : the character or actions of a rascal : knavery b : a rascally act

Examples of RASCALITY

1. <switching the entrance and exits signs in the school parking lot may seem like harmless rascality, if you're not the one involved in an accident>

First Known Use of RASCALITY

circa 1577

Related to RASCALITY

Synonyms: devilishness, devilment, devilry (or deviltry), diablerie, espièglerie, hob, impishness, knavery, mischievousness, mischief, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan(s), waggery, waggishness, wickedness

Related Words: diabolicalness, misbehavior, misconduct, naughtiness, troublemaking; buffoonery, friskiness, playfulness, sportiveness; chicanery, trickery; goings-on, hanky-panky, high jinks (also hijinks), monkey business, monkeying, monkeyshine(s), skylarking, tomfoolery; horseplay, roughhousing; antic, caper, dido, practical joke, trick; aggravation, annoyance, exasperation, irritation

Near Antonyms: gravitas, gravity, seriousness, solemnity, solemnness

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Rhymes with RASCALITY

anality, banality, brutality, carnality, causality, centrality, extrality, fatality, feudality, finality, formality, frontality, frugality, legality, lethality, locality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, nasality, natality, neutrality, nodality, orality, plurality, primality, reality, regality, rurality, sodality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality