ruffian
Plural: ruffians
Noun
- A brutal, lawless, or violent person, often a thug.
- a cruel and brutal fellow
- A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
- A pimp; a pander.
- A lover; a paramour.
Verb
- To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
Adj
- Brutal, cruel, ruffianlikes.
Examples
- His aggressive tile-blocking strategy made him seem like a Scrabble RUFFIAN.
- ruffian rage
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French rufian, from Italian ruffiano (“pimp”).
Synonyms
bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo, abbot, agitator, bad boy, bad news, bear, bhoy, blackguard, bludger, booger, boot boy, bovver boy, brat, brawler, breedbate, buffoon, bugger, charva, cock-bawd, cutup, dalaal, devil, elf, enfant terrible, firebrand, fishmonger, flashman, fleshmonger, gadfly, hell-raiser, hood, hoodlum, hool, hoolie, hoon, hothead, hustler, imp, inciter, initiator, instigator, jackanapes, joker, jokester, kindle-coal, kindle-fire, knave, lout, mack, mack daddy, mackerel, makebate, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, miscreant, muttonmonger, ne'er-do-well, nookie-bookie, pandar, pimp, pixie, pot stirrer, practical joker, prankster, puck, pussymonger, rabble rouser, rakeshame, rantipole, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, roly-poly, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, shit disturber, shit-stirrer, shitmonger, souteneur, sweetman, tearaway, thug, titivil, troublemaker, undesirable, vandal, wag, wagpastie, whoreman, whoremaster, whoremonger, wrangler
Scrabble Score: 13
ruffian: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordruffian: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ruffian: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary