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roguish
Example Sentences
Many people loathe Musk, who has cultivated a public persona of roguish obnoxiousness.
I already “know” he’s a roguish fun gambler who loves to toss the dice, but you’re absolutely right in that none of that has really been shown.
Above all, he is a Bad Boy—brooding, mercurial, wounded, roguish, prone to shattering the hearts of even the toughest, most self-assured women.
The overall effect was that hirstute Harry looked more dashing and roguish than ever.
For Andrew was once Harry, the roguish younger brother who could do no wrong, but it's a very different story today.
Even more emphatically, Urquhart—with a roguish smile—turns her picture facedown on his desk.
Successfully navigating a personal and professional relationship with the roguish Bond has prepared her for anything.
With a roguish smile, Palin responded, “That sounds like Steve Schmidt!”
He drew himself up, twisted his moustache, and met her eyes—they were rather sad and tired—with the roguish mockery of his own.
He held the pin delicately between finger and thumb, and controlled her with his roguish eyes.
She was a laughing, curly-haired girl with dancing black eyes and an altogether roguish look.
Among other discourse encouraging him to pursue his love to Mrs. Lane, while God knows I had a roguish meaning in it.
Bagg, however, saw at once that he had a roguish air, and he was on his guard in a moment.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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