RUFFIANLY Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

ruffianly

adjective

Definition of ruffianly

as in raffish

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Adjective

So did the holdout Grealish tragics; those of us who still cling to the memories of his raffish breakout years.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
And then there's a top-of-his-game Chevy Chase as a devil-may-care golfer and Bill Murray as a raffish groundskeeper.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026

Definition of raffish

Adjective

After a brief intermission, Toliver and Todd emerged onstage to riotous applause, hiking up the decibel levels in the room.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026
The riotous 640-page doorstopper grapples with homophobia then and now, the lingering specter of colonialism, the tumult of the AIDS crisis, and frameworks of power that demand dominance or submission.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of riotous

Adjective

The boisterous bass makes the near-constant kick drum a bit overbearing at times.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
The verdict St Vincent possesses an unexplored, get-away-from-it-all tranquillity that many more boisterous Caribbean islands would sell their last rum punch for.

— James Rampton, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of boisterous

Adjective

Finally, the rowdy late-night crowd of after-partiers spills in, at worst hogging the mic and at best uniting an entire room.

— Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
Still, devotees of John Waters, Sean Baker, Todd Solondz and the Safdie brothers will sense that DeFalco is a kindred spirit, a filmmaker with an open-minded curiosity about the rowdier parts of the human zoo.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of rowdy

Adjective

One of the biggest pre-carnival fetes on the island, Caribbean Melting Pot at the Carnival Village, features superstar soca acts like Machel Montano and Skinny Fabulous yet still charges under USD $40 a ticket.

— Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Customers at Starbucks will be introduced to a new interface with a carnival-style wheel.

— Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023

Definition of carnival

Adjective

Some loyalists donned their best Boston Raiders or Montreal Metros T-shirts, others filled their special edition popcorn buckets and soda cups, but all erupted into raucous cheers while viewing the penultimate and final episodes of the first season.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026
In three straight home games, the Carolina Panthers heard a raucous home crowd use their collective might to be heard.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of raucous

Adjective

The scale-rich designs absorbed sudden, violent impacts without buckling, offered a massive range of tunable stiffness, and successfully cushioned delicate objects embedded deep inside them.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
At night, our tent offered a fragile haven from the elements, rocking back and forth like a ship in the violent winds that Werba had predicted.

— John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of violent

Adjective

Luhansk, this terra incognita of the independent Ukraine, is described in almost carnivalesque terms, but this is a carnival infused with absurdity and even cruelty.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Overall, there is a driving energy to the album as well as a haunted carnivalesque atmosphere.

— Vogue, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of carnivalesque

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