brutal, lawless, aggressive, violent, tough
bully, thug, hooligan, brute, tough and violent person
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Ruffian Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. i.)
To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
(n.)
A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour.
A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour.
(n.)
A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.
A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.
(a.)
brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutbrutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.
ruffian
\ruf"fian\ (? or ?; 277), n. [f. rufien, of. ruffen, ruffian, pimp. libertine, ake; cf. pr. & sp. rufian, it. ruffiano; all perhaps of german or dutch origin; cf. g. raufen to pluck, scuffle, fight, od. roffen to pander. cf. ruffle to grow urbulent.]
1. a pimp; a pander; also, a paramour. [obs.] he [her husband] is no sooner abroad than she is instantly at home, reveling with her ruffians. reynolds.
2. a boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat. wilt thou on thy deathbed play the ruffian?
ruffian
\ruf"fian\, a. brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.
ruffian
\ruf"fian\, v. i. to play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. [r.]
ruffian
n : a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo]
A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow.
Noun
1. a cruel and brutal fellow
(synonym) bully, tough, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
(hypernym) attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
(hyponym) bullyboy
Ruffian Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A ruffian is a , or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
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