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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. playful in an appealingly bold way;
- Example: "a roguish grin"
[syn: devilish, rascally, roguish]

2. lacking principles or scruples;
- Example: "the rascally rabble"
- Example: "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray;
- Example: "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew"
[syn: rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Roguish \Rogu"ish\, a. 1. Vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] His roguish madness Allows itself to anything. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish. [1913 Webster] 3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch. [1913 Webster] The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most roguish cast. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- Rogu"ish*ly, adv. -- Rogu"ish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

roguish adj 1: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" [syn: devilish, rascally, roguish] 2: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" [syn: rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "roguish": arch, base, blackguardly, degraded, devilish, elfish, elvish, foolish, full of mischief, high-spirited, impish, infamous, knavish, mischief-loving, mischievous, notorious, playful, prankish, pranksome, pranky, puckish, rascally, recreant, reprobate, scampish, scapegrace, scoundrelly, sportive, trickish, tricksy, tricky, vile, villainous, waggish