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roguish

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rogu·ish  (rgsh)
adj.
1. Deceitful; unprincipled: Set adrift by his roguish crew, the captain of the ship spent a week alone at sea.
2. Playfully mischievous: a roguish grin.

roguish·ly adv.
roguish·ness n.
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Adj.1.roguish - playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin"
playful - full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school"
2.roguish - lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew"
dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
Translations
roguish [ˈrəugɪʃ] adj [child] → travieso; [smile etc] → pícaro
roguish [ˈrəugɪʃ] adjcoquin(e)
roguish [ˈrəugɪʃ] rogue adjschelmisch
roguish [ˈrəugɪʃ] adjbirbantesco/a


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Of all good things the origin is a thousandfold,--all good roguish things spring into existence for joy: how could they always do so--for once only!
He looks around and everywhere sees roguish eyes and laughing lips.
"I thought you'd jump at it," she confessed, with a naivete he could not but question, for he thought he saw a roguish gleam in her eyes.
 
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