ruffianly

ADJECTIVE

tough

Synonyms

STRONGEST

desperate fierce hard hard-nosed harsh narrow resolute severe stern stiff strict terrible

STRONG

adamant firm refractory savage

WEAK

arbitrary callous confirmed cruel drastic exacting ferocious fixed hard-bitten hard-boiled hard-line hard-shelled headstrong immutable inflexible intractable merciless obdurate pugnacious ruthless stubborn taut unalterable unbending uncompromising uncontrollable unforgiving unmanageable unyielding vicious violent

Antonyms

STRONGEST

amenable easy flexible pliable pliant tolerant uncertain yielding

WEAK

controllable delicate fragile tender

Example Sentences

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He was a principal leader in the mutiny of 1857 & of a most ruffianly disposition.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2018

And when amid the plaintiff's shrieks, The ruffianly defendant speaks�Upon the other side; What he may say you needn't mind�From bias free of every-kind, This trial must be tried!

From Time Magazine Archive

It is not so many years since "Bolshevik" was a popular synonym for a low, ruffianly fellow and "ruble" was a popular synonym for the ultimate in worthless money.

From Time Magazine Archive

The tough, ruffianly old Imam had moved out of his capital city of Taiz and established himself and his 40 women four miles away in the pleasure palace of Sala.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upstairs tripped the ruffianly bully as lightly and noiselessly as a grasshopper, followed closely by his aristocratic patron, and in a moment the two men stood before the chamber of the unconscious sleeper.

From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III by M. Y. Halidom (pseud. Dryasdust)

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