rakehell 1 of 2

noun

ˈrāk-ˌhel How to pronounce rakehell (audio)
Definition of rakehellnext
as in pervert
a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard a resort popular with wealthy rakehells

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rakehell

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adjective

variants or rakehelly
as in loose
having or showing lowered moral character or standards a rakehell rock band that was notorious for trashing virtually every hotel suite they ever stayed in

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rakehell
  1. pervert
  2. loose
  3. degenerate
  4. corrupt
  5. rake
  6. dissolute
  7. villain
  8. rakish
Noun
  • The interplay between pervert audience and chastising host is a delicate dance, as old as time.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Five states and Washington, D.C. have referendums next month that could profoundly change—and pervert—the way each conducts elections.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of pervert
Adjective
  • Operating in loose cooperation with Lebanese insurgents, these militias wreaked havoc on Israeli forces and their collaborators.
    Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Interviews and discussions ran longer and looser, and since the set itself was so quiet, these talky segments emphasized the unsettling absence of background noise.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of loose
Noun
  • On The Challenge: Battle of the Eras, these now-geriatric degenerates will duke it out for the only prize worth fighting for: making their kids proud.
    Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
  • There’s the medieval brutality: Gómez was a homicidal degenerate who collected torture methods instead of stamps.
    Tim Padgett, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
Definition of degenerate
Adjective
  • Others, such as Sri Lanka, have oscillated back and forth, with more democratic presidents and corrupt populist autocrats alternating as leaders.
    Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Activists began showing up at election-board meetings with signs calling Lindsey corrupt.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of corrupt
Noun
  • Growing microgreens outdoors in a garden requires a similar procedure: Smooth out existing soil in your garden with a rake.
    Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Lyn handed me a hollow yellow rake that looked more like a child’s beach toy than a tool.
    Avery Keatley, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of rake
Adjective
  • Imbert reminds us of social change and collapse via brief flashbacks to Pierre’s dissolute life before his fall.
    Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But as evidence of the miscarriage of justice gradually came to light — including the identity of the actual traitor, a dissolute nobleman named Ferdinand Walsin-Esterhazy — more people joined Dreyfus’ cause.
    Maurice Samuels / Made by History, TIME, 21 May 2024
Definition of dissolute
Noun
  • Just weeks after closing out an incredibly dominant year in music, Rihanna was cast by some fans and members of the media as the villain and endlessly harassed by those who felt Brown did nothing wrong.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Emma Corrin also starred in the film as the villain, Cassandra Nova.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of villain
Adjective
  • The Vanquish cuts a rakish profile that is underscored by a wheelbase that is 3.1 inches longer than that of the DBS, which was Aston’s most recent V12 model in the Vanquish’s grand touring class.
    Dan Carney, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In 2003, Pickford entered into an agreement with John Rose, a rakish businessman and treasure hunter from Great Yarmouth who wanted to find the Gloucester.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of rakish
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