Ruffianly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ruffianly \Ruf"fian*ly\, a.
     Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian;
     violent; brutal.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  ruffianly
       adj : violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough
             street gangs" [syn: {tough}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "ruffianly":
     bad, boorish, carlish, churlish, cloddish, clownish, disorderly,
     disruptive, hooliganish, improper, loobyish, loutish, lubberly,
     lumpish, misbehaving, naughty, not respectable, off-base,
     out-of-line, raffish, roughneck, rowdy, rowdyish, unbehaving,
     yokelish