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RAFFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does raffish mean?
• RAFFISH (adjective)
The adjective RAFFISH has 2 senses:
1. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
2. marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
Familiarity information: RAFFISH used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Synonyms:
dapper; dashing; jaunty; natty; raffish; rakish; snappy; spiffy; spruce
Context example:
a jaunty red hat
Similar:
fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
Synonyms:
devil-may-care; raffish; rakish
Context example:
a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors
Similar:
unconventional (not conventional or conformist)
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