Rakish - English meaning

adjective

Pleasantly windy.

Usage examples:

It was a bright, breezy day

adjective

Having light winds

Usage examples:

It was a sunny, breezy day, just right for sailing., she revolutionized fashion reporting with her …

adjective

Neat and trim in dress and appearance (typically used of a man).

Usage examples:

He looked very dapper in a dark silk suit

adjective

(of a man) looking stylish and neat

adjective

Attractive, adventurous, and full of confidence (typically used of a man).

Usage examples:

A dashing young pilot

verb

Run or travel somewhere in a great hurry.

Usage examples:

I dashed into the garden

adjective

Attractive and stylish because of being energetic, exciting, and confident

Usage examples:

A dashing young man

adjective

Confident, stylish, and charming (typically used of a man).

Usage examples:

All the men looked debonair and handsome in white tie and tails

adjective

Having a sophisticated charm

adjective

Not considering or worrying about the results of your actions

Usage examples:

Devil-may-care attitude he has a devil-may-care attitude to life.

adjective

Not considered to be respectable in character or appearance.

Usage examples:

He was heavy, grubby, and vaguely disreputable

adjective

Characteristic of, influenced by, or representing a current popular style.

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Fashionable clothes

adjective

Wearing clothes, doing things, and going to places that are considered stylish or acceptable

Usage examples:

They are a fashionable couple., fashionable restaurants/clothing, fashionably dressed women, we wer…

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Popular at a particular time or among a particular group of people

Usage examples:

It's no longer fashionable to boast about how big your bonus is., they bought a house in a fashiona…

adjective

Having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner.

Usage examples:

There was no mistaking that jaunty walk

adjective

Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air

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Showing that you are happy and confident

Usage examples:

A jaunty grin/step, when he came back his hat was at a jaunty angle and he was smiling.

adjective

Disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way.

Usage examples:

The louche world of the theatre

adjective

Not completely moral or honest, often in an attractive way

Usage examples:

A louche young man approached her on the dance floor.

adjective

Unconventional and slightly disreputable, especially in an attractive way.

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His raffish air

adjective

Not following usual social standards of behaviour or appearance, especially in a careless and attractive way

Usage examples:

He has a certain raffish elegance.

adjective

(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

Usage examples:

Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb

Precisely (used after an expression of time).

Usage examples:

The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun

A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.

Usage examples:

Choices in successive levels expand to all notes, then sharps and flats.

adjective

Fond of or good at sport.

Usage examples:

Tracksuits don't necessarily mean you're sporty

adjective

Stylish and suitable for active people

Usage examples:

They drive a sporty red car., you’re looking very sporty in your new jacket.

noun

A widespread coniferous tree which has a distinctive conical shape and hanging cones, widely grown for timber, pulp, and christmas trees.

Usage examples:

The best trees to plant with wildlife in mind are cherry and mulberry for their fruits, pines and s…

adjective

Neat in dress and appearance.

Usage examples:

Angela was a very spruce and tidy person

verb

Make someone or something smarter or tidier.

Usage examples:

The fund will be used to spruce up historic buildings

adjective

Fashionably elegant and sophisticated.

Usage examples:

You don't have to be a designer to create a stylish look in your own small room

adjective

Having a special quality that makes a person or thing seem different and attractive

Usage examples:

Stylish people, stylish clothing