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Synonyms & Antonyms of rakish
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
- within a few short years their rakish son had squandered the family fortune on hard liquor and fast cars
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- bent
- [chiefly British],
- crooked,
- cutthroat,
- dishonest,
- unethical,
- unprincipled,
- unscrupulous
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The first known use of rakish was in 1696
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