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rakehell

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adjective

variants or rakehelly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rakehell
Noun
  • The Gooneral’s attendees didn’t care that Malone was, from all available evidence, not a gooner at all but rather an unaffiliated, lone-wolf pervert.
    Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Boiled down to a thoughtless pervert by the public, Six became one.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The loose fit is perfect for layering, too, and packs down surprisingly well.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
  • That said, shoppers note that the sweater is tight-fitting and recommend sizing up for a looser fit, similar to Paltrow’s knit.
    Melony Forcier, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Once Gacy is caught, the media runs with the details — all those bodies crammed in that crawlspace, some of them buried in trenches Gacy made his employees dig out — and paints his victims as runaways or degenerates who put themselves in danger.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Created by Rob Mac (formerly McElhenney, who also plays the character Mac), the Emmy-deserving series premiered 20 years ago on Aug. 4, 2005, introducing the world to a gang of morally bankrupt degenerates running the least successful bar in Philly, Paddy's Pub.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Porter’s story was viewed largely as a cautionary tale of a corrupt athlete… until this week, when the FBI dropped news of a much wider NBA betting scandal that shed light on Porter’s possible motivations.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To accommodate the crabs' safe journey to the sea, Christmas Island residents typically keep rakes and leaf blowers in their cars to help the crustaceans on their way, the outlet reported.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And while this means stunning foliage, many Wisconsinites have also likely broken out their rakes or leaf blowers to keep their properties clean.
    Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The extravagant, dissolute life Prince Albert II of Monaco continues to bolster arguments of those who think that hereditary monarchies should not be allowed to exist in the 21st century.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
  • Nick, a prequel to the original, offers us Carraway’s backstory as a soldier in World War I and a wanderer trying to find his way in a dissolute world.
    Danielle Teller, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Top 5 Can’t Miss Tequila here is made for sipping—at rakish cantinas, ambitious cocktail bars, and straight from the source on a distillery tour.
    David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
  • This time Todd, who has been heralded as the heir apparent to Ralph Lauren, set his sights on Havana and the rakish style of 1980’s Miami.
    Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yet if the Dodgers are to be cast as villains from the Book of Samuel, Toronto brought to the fight far more than pebbles.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The family moved to Hollywood 10 years later, and Gene Lockhart worked steadily as a character actor, usually in avuncular roles, sometimes as a villain.
    NPR, NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Rakehell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rakehell. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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