raffishness
noun[U]
old-fashioneduk/ˈræf.ɪʃ.nəs/us/ˈræf.ɪʃ.nəs/thequalityof notfollowingusualsocialstandardsofbehaviourorappearance,especiallyin acarelessandattractiveway:
He was acomplexman,tornbetween raffishness andconformity.
There was acertainraffishness about him.
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raffish
- I wasproneto acertainamountof raffishness which would have beenfrownedupon by my moresobercolleagues.
- Hethrewhimself onto asofawith anairof raffishness.
- Hisactingemphasizesthe hero's raffishness.
Unsuitable and unacceptable
- amiss
- be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. tasteidiom
- beneathyourdignityidiom
- beyond
- beyond the paleidiom
- incorrect
- incorrectly
- indecent
- ineligibility
- ineligible
- not cricketidiom
- offend againstsomething
- over-extravagant
- raffish
- room
- unfit
- unsuitably
- unsuited
- unworthy
- vulgarity