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raffishness

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Synonyms and Antonyms of raffishness

the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste

the raffishness of the crowd in the pub offended the courtly gentleman, and so he elected instead to dine at the hotel

Synonyms of raffishness

coarseness, commonness, crassness, crudeness, crudity, grossness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, rawness, roughness, rudeness, tastelessness, vulgarity

Words Related to raffishness

boorishness, brutishness, churlishness, clownishness, loutishness, rowdiness, rusticity, uncouthness

artlessness, gracelessness, inelegance, unsophistication

insensitiveness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness

kitsch, tackiness

Near Antonyms of raffishness

courtliness, urbanity

elegance, grace, graciousness

consideration, sensitivity, thoughtfulness

Antonyms of raffishness

cultivation, genteelness, gentility, polish, refinement, tastefulness

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