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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.]
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He [her husband] is no sooner abroad than she is
instantly at home, reveling with her ruffians. --Bp.
Reynolds.
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2. A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow
ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.
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Wilt thou on thy deathbed play the ruffian? --Shak.
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2. Hence: A tough, lawless or bullying person.
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Ruffian \Ruf"fian\, a.
Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian
rage.
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Ruffian \Ruf"fian\, v. i.
To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. [R.] --Shak.
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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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