| 单词 | roguish |
| 释义 | roguish (once / 3530 pages) adj To be roguish is to be up to no good, which could mean being untrustworthy like a criminal or playful and mischievous. If someone gives you a roguish smile, he’s totally flirting with you. You can't trust someone who acts roguish in the bad way, like the roguish crook who picks your pocket while telling you how lovely you look. On the other hand, you might like someone who acts roguish in the second sense, which means playfully mischievous. Being roguish in this way might mean playing pranks, telling racy jokes, and being a little wild. Roguish behavior like this can still be annoying, like if your roguish roommate at camp short-sheets your bed. WORD FAMILYroguish: roguishly, roguishness+/rogue: roguery, rogues, roguish/roguery: rogueries USAGE EXAMPLESI've enjoyed the actor on other shows, where he mostly played the roguish love interest, and looked forward to his take on Negan. New York Times(Nov 13, 2016) From such roguish tales, Edwards derives rules for living that he calls the Ten Principles of Bill. Washington Post(Sep 20, 2016) “War Dogs” stresses that David and Efraim are a long way from being the charmingly roguish Robin Hoods they think they are. Economist(Aug 25, 2016) 1adj lacking principles or scruples the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew Syn blackguardly, rascally, scoundrelly dishonest, dishonorable deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive 2adj playful in an appealingly bold way a roguish grin Syn devilish, rascally playful full of fun and high spirits |
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