roguish

roguish
    adj 1: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin"
           [syn: {devilish}, {rascally}, {roguish}]
    2: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the
       tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the
       captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" [syn: {rascally},
       {roguish}, {scoundrelly}, {blackguardly}]
    

Roguish \Rogu"ish\, a.
   1. Vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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            His roguish madness
            Allows itself to anything.            --Shak.
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   2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.
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   3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch.
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            The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most
            roguish cast.                         --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Rogu"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Rogu"ish*ness},
      n.
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34 Moby Thesaurus words for "roguish":
      arch, base, blackguardly, degraded, devilish, elfish, elvish,
      foolish, full of mischief, high-spirited, impish, infamous,
      knavish, mischief-loving, mischievous, notorious, playful,
      prankish, pranksome, pranky, puckish, rascally, recreant,
      reprobate, scampish, scapegrace, scoundrelly, sportive, trickish,
      tricksy, tricky, vile, villainous, waggish