Thesaurus / rakish
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Like Uranus itself, its moons are tilted at a rakish, 98-degree angle.
THE PLANETS WITH THE GIANT DIAMONDS INSIDE - ISSUE 102: HIDDEN TRUTHSCOREY S. POWELLJULY 7, 2021NAUTILUSThe Daily Beast’s portrait of Gaetz as a man-about-town is less rakish than sleazy.
MATT GAETZ GETS HEADLINES FOR THE SCANDALS. HE SHOULD WORRY ABOUT THE RECEIPTSPHILIP ELLIOTTAPRIL 2, 2021TIMEIt was a little on one side and gave the good clergyman a decidedly rakish appearance.
THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS OF ROSELAWNMARGARET PENROSEIt sat on one side of her ill-kept head, giving her a singularly rakish and definite appearance.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONHe is a rakish looking fellow, dressed in smart but cheap clothing.
THE DIAMOND COTERIELAWRENCE L. LYNCHCaptain Smith and his men knew who manned those long, low, rakish-looking frigates.
HISTORIC ADVENTURESRUPERT S. HOLLANDHe even sought an interview with Pappoose and asked her to describe the rakish traveler who had so unfavorably impressed her.
WARRIOR GAPCHARLES KINGBut if I should, Jack, (with the strongest antipathy to the state that ever man had,) what a figure shall I make in rakish annals?
CLARISSA, VOLUME 6 (OF 9)SAMUEL RICHARDSONShe was young, not much over twenty, was tolerably well dressed, and wore a derby hat with a decidedly rakish air.
SHADOW, THE MYSTERIOUS DETECTIVEPOLICE CAPTAIN HOWARDBut the rakish-looking steamer continued on her course, while the Bellevite had not moved since the first broadside.
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WORDS RELATED TO RAKISH
- bawdy
- careless
- debauched
- depraved
- devil-may-care
- dissipated
- dissolute
- easy
- extravagant
- flirtatious
- frivolous
- gadabout
- giddy
- incontinent
- indecent
- intemperate
- lascivious
- lecherous
- lewd
- libertine
- libidinous
- licentious
- light
- loose
- lustful
- profligate
- rakish
- reckless
- salacious
- self-gratifying
- self-indulgent
- sportive
- sporty
- unchaste
- wanton
- wild
- X-rated
- abandoned
- bad
- corrupt
- debauched
- depraved
- dishonest
- dissipated
- dissolute
- fast
- graceless
- impure
- indecent
- iniquitous
- lewd
- licentious
- loose
- nefarious
- obscene
- of easy virtue
- pornographic
- profligate
- rakish
- reprobate
- saturnalian
- shameless
- sinful
- speedy
- unchaste
- unclean
- unethical
- unprincipled
- unscrupulous
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- wicked
- wrong
- a go-go
- all the rage
- chic
- chichi
- contemporary
- current
- customary
- dashing
- faddy
- favored
- fly
- genteel
- hot
- in style
- in vogue
- in-thing
- last word
- latest
- latest thing
- mod
- modern
- modish
- natty
- new
- newfangled
- now
- popular
- posh
- prevailing
- rakish
- smart
- stylish
- swank
- swanky
- trendsetting
- trendy
- trig
- up to the minute
- up-to-the-minute
- upscale
- usual
- well-liked
- with it
- à la mode
- X-rated
- bawdy
- blue
- coarse
- erotic
- fast
- filthy
- foul-mouthed
- gross
- hard-core
- immodest
- immoral
- improper
- impure
- in bad taste
- incontinent
- indelicate
- lascivious
- lecherous
- libertine
- libidinous
- licentious
- loose
- lustful
- naughty
- obscene
- off-color
- pornographic
- profligate
- questionable
- racy
- rakish
- ribald
- risqué
- salacious
- scandalous
- scurrilous
- shameless
- smutty
- suggestive
- taboo
- unchaste
- unclean
- unconventional
- unvirtuous
- vile
- wanton
- wicked
- a la mode
- beautiful
- chic
- chichi
- classy
- dap
- dapper
- dashing
- dressed to kill
- dressed to the teeth
- dressy
- fly
- groovy
- high-class
- in
- in fashion
- in the mainstream
- in vogue
- jazzy
- latest
- mod
- modernistic
- new
- nifty
- now
- ostentatious
- polished
- pretentious
- rakish
- ritzy
- sassy
- sharp
- showy
- sleek
- slick
- smart
- snappy
- snazzy
- swank
- swell
- tony
- trendy
- up-to-date
- upscale
- uptown
- urbane
- voguish
- a la mode
- beautiful
- chic
- chichi
- classy
- dap
- dapper
- dashing
- dressed to kill
- dressed to the teeth
- dressy
- fly
- groovy
- high-class
- in
- in fashion
- in the mainstream
- in vogue
- jazzy
- latest
- mod
- modernistic
- new
- nifty
- now
- ostentatious
- polished
- pretentious
- rakish
- ritzy
- sassy
- sharp
- showy
- sleek
- slick
- smart
- snappy
- snazzy
- swank
- swell
- tony
- trendy
- up-to-date
- upscale
- uptown
- urbane
- voguish
- a go-go
- a la mode
- all the rage
- chic
- chichi
- contemporary
- current
- customary
- dashing
- faddy
- favored
- fly
- genteel
- hot
- in style
- in vogue
- in-thing
- last word
- latest
- latest thing
- mod
- modern
- modish
- natty
- new
- newfangled
- now
- popular
- posh
- prevailing
- rakish
- smart
- stylish
- swanky
- trendsetting
- trendy
- trig
- up to the minute
- up-to-the-minute
- upscale
- usual
- well-liked
- with it
- à la mode
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