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Meanings of
roguishness
in English
Catalan
diableria
Spanish
travesura
Back to the meaning
Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
mischief
deviltry
rascality
devilry
roguery
devilment
mischievousness
shenanigan
prankishness
mischief-making
Catalan
diableria
Synonyms
Examples for "
mischief
"
mischief
deviltry
rascality
devilry
roguery
Examples for "
mischief
"
1
By that time the
mischief
was done; the illness had set in.
2
To work
mischief
in the street they settle themselves in the highway.
3
The governor had penetrated the design in time to prevent the
mischief
.
4
In the spirit of
mischief
,
he followed the impulse of the moment.
5
Time passes; and at last the tiler arrives to mend the
mischief
.
1
In reality, he was deeper in
deviltry
than ever in his life.
2
Next in
deviltry
were the Kiowas, and then the Arapahoes and Comanches.
3
Woman is the capsheaf of the abomination of desolation-full of all
deviltry
.
4
Yes, you were right, Inspector; this is a victim of Oriental
deviltry
.
5
I should like to know what
deviltry
is in your minds now.
1
Sophia revolted at this crowning detail of the structure of Gerald's
rascality
.
2
Now, do you see treason, bad faith, avarice, ingratitude,
rascality
in it?
3
You may be quite easy; I give you credit for all imaginable
rascality
.
4
Poachers and petty thieves-thescum of misery, ignorance, and
rascality
throughout the country.
5
This brief history of
rascality
brought smiles to the faces of all present.
1
He is somewhere in the Pamirs, up to some
devilry
or other.
2
Behind them burned genius and the
devilry
that would stop at nothing.
3
No doubt a memento from a duel, or some other such
devilry
.
4
At any rate, his eyes were brilliantly black and sparkling with
devilry
.
5
As Phips and Bucklaw went below, a sudden
devilry
entered into him.
1
Amrei looked at her companion's face and saw the
roguery
in it.
2
I wonder what bit of
roguery
that scoundrel is up to now?
3
It looked square on the surface; but, underneath, it meant trickery and
roguery
.
4
There is
roguery
in you, or I have never seen
roguery
.
5
There is nothing but
roguery
to be found in villainous man.
1
No offence is intended; the men jeer out of mere harmless
devilment
.
2
If he is, then he and Fagin are up to some
devilment
.
3
This nigger has a bad eye,-he'sup ter some sort of
devilment
.
4
Might they not be up to more
devilment
with regard to Appincourte?
5
There is no violence to him, no murderous strokes or
devilment
.
1
Alberto Iglesias's score wheezes its way to a melancholy tinged with
mischievousness
.
2
Her transient irresponsibleness and
mischievousness
are then cited as everyday, persistent vices.
3
She smiled with a sweet
mischievousness
-
just
as
my father used to smile-andanswered:
4
Not in charity, because you are convinced of the grave social
mischievousness
of charity.
5
He had just the right blend of energy and
mischievousness
.
1
That
shenanigan
was duly hit with a fine from the Federal Communications Commission.
2
Nor did they ever catch anybody else involved in the
shenanigan
.
3
The change to the euro will be difficult enough without such
shenanigans
.
4
Forget about the unholy
shenanigans
up in Omagh a few weeks ago.
5
Welch, however, sometimes goes a bit overboard with the
shenanigans
and mugging.
1
He lost his easy affability, his
prankishness
,
and much of his good humor.
2
The
prankishness
has abruptly vanished from her face; she's almost deferential.
3
In
prankishness
he sought a refuge; he laughed, but she did not follow him.
4
She was only on the second floor, and captivity revived all her girlish
prankishness
.
5
They had laughed at his
prankishness
.
1
No man is safe whose unguarded threshold the
mischief
-
making
questioner has crossed.
2
I'm not sure he will. To Van Gaal, the media were just
mischief
-
making
.
3
She started to wag both hands, the tell-tale start to a
mischief
-
making
campaign.
4
That Drummond began his
mischief
-
making
in the music business should not be forgotten.
5
Here's a range, from a basic chemistry lesson to classic
mischief
-
making
.
Usage of
roguishness
in English
1
And with an amiable
roguishness
Elizabeth kissed the tips of Anna's fingers.
2
She does her best, but Prince, bubbling over with
roguishness
,
lags behind.
3
Like a vast lyre, the Hall vibrated to the faintest breath of
roguishness
.
4
There was a glint in his eye, an accessible giddiness, a likeable
roguishness
.
5
His voice was clear and not unmusical, with just the suspicion of
roguishness
behind.
6
He looked down into her upturned face, fascinating now from a touch of
roguishness
.
7
She is divinely innocent, but
roguishness
saves her from insipidity.
8
It was between dances as they entered, and Muriel Kane looked up with
roguishness
extraordinary.
9
Beneath Ben's bonhomie and
roguishness
there was much shyness.
10
Jo's bright eyes became shaded with
roguishness
and complicity.
11
Thine eyes have yet the
roguishness
of youth; I would not see love flash it aside.
12
As he grew older, the seriousness crept up and up and almost entirely obliterated the
roguishness
.
13
A flash of
roguishness
brought out an unexpected dimple near the corner of her insubordinate mouth.
14
The girl spoke simply, and with an absence of that
roguishness
which was characteristic of her.
15
And a certain
roguishness
,
too, a hint of rough, coarse appetites that belied his urbane gloss.
16
A sudden fit of
roguishness
came over me.
Other examples for "roguishness"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
roguishness
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
old roguishness
certain roguishness
affectionate roguishness
amiable roguishness
charming roguishness
More collocations
Translations for
roguishness
Catalan
diableria
brivallada
berganteria
picardia
truaneria
Spanish
travesura
bufonería
diablura
Roguishness
through the time