as in crass
lacking in refinement or good taste
the dowager cringed at the thought of raffish tourists in rough boots tromping all over her Persian rugs
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Recent Examples of raffish
Indeed, weren’t these childish fantasies of escape, these raffish homages to crime flicks, already passé when the film was made five decades ago?
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Hazlitt, 2 Dec. 2022
Basking in the afternoon sunshine, cherry-red metallic paint glinting off its fulsome curves, the Caton exudes a raffish retro glamor.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
His writing earned honors and recognition, yet nothing like Mr. Amis’s raffish stardom.
—Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
Jonathan Majors cements his status as charismatic leading man as the raffish outlaw on a quest to hunt down those responsible for his requisite personal tragedy.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2022
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Hazlitt, 2 Dec. 2022
Basking in the afternoon sunshine, cherry-red metallic paint glinting off its fulsome curves, the Caton exudes a raffish retro glamor.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
His writing earned honors and recognition, yet nothing like Mr. Amis’s raffish stardom.
—Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
Jonathan Majors cements his status as charismatic leading man as the raffish outlaw on a quest to hunt down those responsible for his requisite personal tragedy.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raffish
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Now, the crass buddy comedy is ready to make Disney+ its home this fall — on November 12, to be exact.Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
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At worst, this is a case of playing crass politics with the country’s energy security.David Blackmon, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Married to Stanley, a man of carnal appetites and vulgar manners, Stella has embraced the crude pleasures of realism, while her freeloading sister still clings to tattered aristocratic illusions.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Trump was heard bragging in vulgar terms about women.Alena Botros, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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Apparently, my daughter didn’t finish all of the food on her plate, and the mom felt that was incredibly rude and a sign of poor manners.Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Those who participated in the creative exercises felt more social closeness with their coworkers, and were less likely to engage in rude behavior.Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Grind your own meat for sausages and burgers with the KitchenAid food grinder attachment, which comes with fine, medium, and coarse grinding plates.Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 4 Nov. 2024
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Just sprinkle half a lemon with coarse salt and scrub your board, then rinse with hot water.Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2024
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Because morning thermals rise, this is a common area to catch bucks cruising the first few hours of the day.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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By simply deactivating the two genes, the new varietal grew fruit with 30 percent more glucose and fructose than common mass-production tomatoes.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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The colors, font and typography were a crude approximation of the signs posted by the campaign advocating for the proposition’s passage.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Married to Stanley, a man of carnal appetites and vulgar manners, Stella has embraced the crude pleasures of realism, while her freeloading sister still clings to tattered aristocratic illusions.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Raffish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raffish. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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