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Roguish
Roguish meaning
Unprincipled or unscrupulous. | Mischievous and playful.
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Example sentences (16)
EL NIDO, Palawan, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. called out China on Monday for its “roguish behavior” — specifically, using water cannons twice in a row on Philippine vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
His dashing leading man looks combined with a smarmy sense of humor works well for a character literally defined by having roguish charm.
Some bad boys/girls are traps, luring their lovers in with their cool, roguish ways before proving why they're no good, but tsunderes are different.
Australian author Fiona McIntosh has enjoyed good success with her novels about roguish London detective Jack Hawksworth, and her latest book is another entertaining read.
Crews who investigated found it was a roguish raccoon who made contact with equipment at the city’s Hydro One electric station.
Mr Braybrooke continued: “I’m 45, riding a bike with a blue bell and mud-guards – I’m hardly roguish.
And the names — and the ingredients — roll off the tongue with more than a bit of roguish glee.
Beyond Owen being roguish and charismatic (purely a result of Chris Pratt’s casting) and Claire being an uptight workaholic (one of three or four stock female characters that are seen in almost every movie), there’s not much to those characters.
She enlists the aid of Mugen, a roguish drifter and Jin, a stoic swordsman after she helps them escape from jail, and together they journey across Japan, encountering plenty of interesting characters along the way.
Though he retains some of his boyish qualities, the Gilbert of is mature and serious more than he is teasing or roguish.
Demi recognized the wounded boy under Bruce's roguish personality that made him a star in the TV show, Moonlighting, and got him a $5million payout to star in the upcoming Die Hard film.
Mark Millar's latest Millarworld/Netflix comic with Matteo Scalera is primed to cross roguish criminality with '80s neon style.
Given Han Solo’s roguish nature and ’ foundational establishment of the new post- era, perhaps it was inevitable that the trailer would be recut using the ’ “Sabotage”, but regardless, that time has arrived.
He was the lovable scamp of British tennis, as roguish as Kyle Edmund is squeaky clean.
The actor struggles with the roguish demands of the character and leaves all the dignified moments to Sunny Deol who, in surprising sequence, plays a rich homage to his father’s immortal Satyakam.
Biographers have described her as strong-willed and outspoken, physically desirable, susceptible (like Queen Elizabeth) to roguish charm and even willing to resort to obscene language if the occasion suited.