adj
Meaning 1
Unprincipled or unscrupulous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
roguish
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊɡɪʃ/
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General-American: /ˈɹoʊɡɪʃ/
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rhymes with -əʊɡɪʃ
adj
Meaning 2
Mischievous and playful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: roguey
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
lacking principles or scruples - W.M. Thackaray
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the rascally rabble
- the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy
- the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rascally, scoundrelly, blackguardly
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
playful in an appealingly bold way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a roguish grin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: devilish, rascally
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English rogue Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English roguish From rogue + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мошенически (mošeničeski) — unprincipled or unscrupulous
- German: skrupellos — unprincipled or unscrupulous
- German: gewissenlos — unprincipled or unscrupulous
- German: schurkisch — unprincipled or unscrupulous
- Ancient Greek: πανοῦργος (panoûrgos) — unprincipled or unscrupulous
- Irish: rógánta — unprincipled or unscrupulous
- Bulgarian: закачлив (zakačliv) — mischievous and playful
- Bulgarian: дяволит (djavolit) — mischievous and playful
- German: spitzbübisch — mischievous and playful
- German: verschmitzt — mischievous and playful
- German: schalkhaft — mischievous and playful
- Māori: porohīanga — mischievous and playful
- Swedish: skälmsk — mischievous and playful