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rakish

adjective

Synonyms and 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

Synonyms of rakish

corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, jackleg, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, rakehell (or rakehelly), reprobate, sick, unclean, unwholesome, warped

Words Related to rakish

bent [chiefly British], crooked, cutthroat, dishonest, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous

contaminated, spoiled, tainted

bad, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, nefarious, sinful, vicious, wicked

Near Antonyms of rakish

ethical, honest, principled

good, moral, righteous, virtuous

Antonyms of rakish

pure, uncorrupt, uncorrupted

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