All rascally synonyms
ras·cal·ly
R r adj rascally
- dickens — Charles (John Huffam), pen name Boz. 1812–70, English novelist, famous for the humour and sympathy of his characterization and his criticism of social injustice. His major works include The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), Old Curiosity Shop (1840–41), Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), and Great Expectations (1861)
- false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
- mythomaniac — lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.
- mischievous — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- foul-mouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- knavish — like or befitting a knave; untrustworthy; dishonest.
- miscreant — depraved, villainous, or base.
- naughty — improper, tasteless, indecorous, or indecent: a naughty word.
- impish — mischievous.
- ill-behaved — 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties. 2. Software that bypasses the defined operating system interfaces to do things (like screen, keyboard, and disk I/O) itself, often in a way that depends on the hardware of the machine it is running on or which is nonportable or incompatible with other pieces of software. In the IBM PC/mess-dos world, there is a folk theorem (nearly true) to the effect that (owing to gross inadequacies and performance penalties in the OS interface) all interesting applications are ill-behaved. See also bare metal. Opposite: well-behaved, compare PC-ism.
adjective rascally
- elfin — (with reference to a person) small and delicate, typically with an attractively mischievous or strange charm.
- forsworn — past participle of forswear.
- caddish — like or characteristic of a cad; ungentlemanly
- falsehearted — Alternative spelling of false-hearted.
- misbehaved — Simple past tense and past participle of misbehave.
- misbehaving — to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
- deluding — Present participle of delude.
- apostate — An apostate is someone who has abandoned their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
- elvish — Of or having to do with elves.