Roguish
['rəʊgɪʃ] or ['roɡɪʃ]
Definition
(a.) Vagrant.
(a.) Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.
(a.) Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch.
Editor: Tamara
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Knavish, dishonest, trickish, TRICKY.[2]. Sportive, arch, mischievous, waggish.
Typist: Pearl
Examples
- I know you won't believe it,' said the man with the roguish eye, making that organ look more roguish than ever. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- These are the ideas of a roguish merchant rather than a statesman. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Amelia seeing this propensity, laughingly encouraged it and looked exceedingly roguish as she administered to him cup after cup. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Gudrun looked up at him with a luminous, roguish, unknown face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In an instant she was smiling her rather roguish smile. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Pearl