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ruffian n. 恶棍,无赖
a. 凶恶的,残忍的,残暴的 恶棍,无赖凶恶的,残忍的,残暴的 ruffian n 1: a cruel and brutal fellow [ synonym: { bully}, { tough}, { hooligan}, { ruffian}, { roughneck}, { rowdy}, { yob}, { yobo}, { yobbo}] Ruffian \ Ruf" fian\ ( r[ u^] f" yan or r[ u^] f" f[ i^]* an; 277), n. [ F. rufien, OF. ruffien, ruffian, pimp, libertine, rake; 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 turbulent.] 1. A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] He [ her husband] is no sooner abroad than she is instantly at home, reveling with her ruffians. -- Bp. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat. [ 1913 Webster] Wilt thou on thy deathbed play the ruffian? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence: A tough, lawless or bullying person. [ 1913 Webster]
Ruffian \ Ruf" fian\, a. Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage. [ 1913 Webster]
Ruffian \ Ruf" fian\, v. i. To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. [ R.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 120 Moby Thesaurus words for " ruffian": Babbitt, Philistine, arriviste, bad boy, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, blade, booger, boor, bounder, bourgeois, bravo, brawler, bucko, buffoon, bugger, bully, bullyboy, cad, churl, clown, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant, cutthroat, cutup, desperado, devil, disputant, duelist, elf, enfant terrible, enforcer, epicier, fencer, feuder, fighter, fighting cock, foilsman, funmaker, gamecock, gladiator, goon, gorilla, groundling, gunman, guttersnipe, hatchet man, hell- raiser, hellcat, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, ill- bred fellow, imp, joker, jokester, jouster, killer, knave, knight, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, looby, lout, low fellow, mad dog, militant, minx, mischief, mischief- maker, mucker, nouveau riche, parvenu, peasant, pixie, plug- ugly, practical joker, prankster, puck, punk, quarreler, rapscallion, rascal, ribald, rioter, rival, rogue, rough, roughneck, rowdy, sabreur, scamp, scapegrace, scrapper, scuffler, squabbler, strong arm, strong- arm man, strong- armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer, swordsman, thug, tilter, tough, tussler, upstart, vulgarian, vulgarist, wag, wrangler, yahoo, yokel
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