Raffish — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; - Crary Moore

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈæfɪʃ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈafɪʃ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈafɪʃ/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹˈæfɪʃ/.

Examples

a dapper young man
a jaunty red hat
a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dashing snappy spiffy devil-may-care jaunty dapper spruce rakish natty

Parts of Speech

adjective	marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners “a dapper young man”
adjective	marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; - Crary Moore “a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors”

Word Forms

dapperness	noun	stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
jauntiness	noun	stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
nattiness	noun	stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
rakishness	noun	stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
spruceness	noun	the state of being neat and smart and trim

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

tollpatschig

gekennzeichnet durch Aktualität in Kleidung und Manieren

🇫🇷French

libertin

marqué par l'actualité de la tenue vestimentaire et des manières

🇪🇸Spanish

disoluto

marcado por la actualización en la vestimenta y los modales

🇮🇹Italian

raffinato

caratterizzato dall'attualità nell'abbigliamento e nei modi

🇷🇺Russian

беспутный

отличается новизной в одежде и манерах

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बदचलन

पहनावे और आचरण में आधुनिकता से चिह्नित

🇧🇩Bengali

রাফিশ

পোশাক এবং আচার-ব্যবহারে আপ-টু-ডেটনেস দ্বারা চিহ্নিত

🇮🇳Telugu

రాఫిష్

దుస్తులు మరియు మర్యాదలో నవీనతతో గుర్తించబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

रॅफिश

ड्रेस आणि शिष्टाचारात अद्ययावततेने चिन्हांकित

🇮🇳Gujarati

રેફિશ

ડ્રેસ અને રીતભાતમાં અદ્યતનતા દ્વારા ચિહ્નિત

🇮🇳Kannada

ರಾಫಿಶ್

ಉಡುಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಡವಳಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನವೀಕೃತತೆಯಿಂದ ಗುರುತಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

റാഫിഷ്

വസ്ത്രധാരണത്തിലും പെരുമാറ്റത്തിലും കാലികമായി അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰੈਫਿਸ਼

ਪਹਿਰਾਵੇ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ਿਸ਼ਟਾਚਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਵੀਨਤਮਤਾ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹਿਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

ریفش

لباس اور آداب میں تازہ ترین ہونے سے نشان زد

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

流氓

以时尚的着装和举止为标志

🇯🇵Japanese

ラフィッシュ

服装やマナーが最新であることが特徴

🇰🇷Korean

라피시

최신 복장과 매너로 특징지어짐

🇻🇳Vietnamese

xổ số

được đánh dấu bằng sự cập nhật trong cách ăn mặc và cách cư xử

🇹🇭Thai

ราฟฟิช

โดดเด่นด้วยการแต่งกายและมารยาทที่ทันสมัย

🇮🇩Indonesian

vulgar

ditandai dengan kekinian dalam berpakaian dan sopan santun

🇲🇾Malay

ulam

ditandai dengan kemas kini dalam pakaian dan adab

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سافل

تتميز بالحداثة في اللباس والأخلاق

🇮🇷Persian

رافش

با به روز بودن در لباس و رفتار مشخص شده است

🇮🇱Hebrew

רפש

בסימן עדכניות בלבוש ובנימוס

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