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raffish

adjective as in unmindful of social conventions

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Visiting him in his room at the raffish Chelsea Hotel, I noticed that there was a crumpled cigarette package under the bed.

If they could do that, need they ever have shot that raffish old lord—I beg pardon, my dear—your highly respected grandfather?

Although the raffish peer denied all complicity, he did not come out of the business too well.

I was getting as bad as Renner—looking lecherously at the raffish display of shapely leg as the blond bombshell beat it.

But the muslin curtains, tied back with raffish pink bows, had really worried her most of all.

Raffish party too, spy and conspirator persuasion, that sort of thing.

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On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to raffish, such as: bohemian, disreputable, jaunty, rakish, careless, and casual.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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