riffraffish
riffraffish adjective: resembling or characteristic of riffraff.
Adjective
riffraffish (comparative more riffraffish, superlative most riffraffish)
- Resembling or characteristic of riffraff.
- What kind of general allowed the riffraff off the streets to wait in his office? And he hated to say it, but Ellie looked extremely riffraffish.2009, Tess Mallory, Highland Rebel, Penguin, →ISBN
- Over the next few years the quiet, bespectacled composer and the riffraffish writer collaborated on Mahagonny and Threepenny Opera before falling out with each other.2018, John Strausbaugh, Victory City […] , Hachette UK, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- riff-raffy
Synonyms of riffraffish
Forms of riffraffish
| comparative | more riffraffish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most riffraffish |
Origin of riffraffish
From riffraff + -ish.
Questions about riffraffish
- What does riffraffish mean?
- Riffraffish means resembling or characteristic of riffraff.
- What part of speech is riffraffish?
- Riffraffish is an adjective.
Words near riffraffish in the dictionary
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