raffishness
Carefree vulgar appeal
Raffishness is a quality of being slightly disreputable but in a charming or appealing way.
It suggests someone who flouts convention with style—rumpled elegance, devil-may-care attitude, or louche behavior that somehow remains attractive rather than off-putting: There was a raffishness about him that women found irresistible.
The word carries more admiration than disapproval.
Stylishly dissolute bearing
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- panacheFlamboyant confidence of manner
- debonairSophisticated and carefree
- insoucianceLighthearted lack of concern
nonchalance · jauntiness · élan · savoir-faire · devil-may-care · roguishness · dashing · gallantry
Questionable trustworthiness
- seedinessState of being dilapidated
- sleazinessDisreputable, morally grubby character
- tawdrinessShowy yet cheap quality
- shabbinessWorn, neglected condition
sordidness · dissoluteness · dissolute · louche · scandalousness · notoriety · infamy · dubious
Rejection of prevailing norms
- bohemianismArtistic rejection of convention
- unorthodoxyDeparture from accepted belief
- eccentricityUnconventional behavior or nature
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
individualism · quirkiness · counter-culture · offbeat · maverick · anti-establishment · flouting · rule-breaking
rakishness
Stylishly dissolute bearing
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- panacheFlamboyant confidence of manner
- debonairSophisticated and carefree
insouciance · nonchalance · jauntiness · élan · savoir-faire · devil-may-care · roguishness · dashing · gallantry · flair
shadiness
Questionable trustworthiness
- seedinessState of being dilapidated
- sleazinessDisreputable, morally grubby character
- tawdrinessShowy yet cheap quality
shabbiness · sordidness · dissoluteness · dissolute · louche · scandalousness · notoriety · infamy · dubious · unsavoriness
nonconformity
Rejection of prevailing norms
- bohemianismArtistic rejection of convention
- unorthodoxyDeparture from accepted belief
- eccentricityUnconventional behavior or nature
idiosyncrasy · individualism · quirkiness · counter-culture · offbeat · maverick · anti-establishment · flouting · rule-breaking · defiance
raffishnesspropriety
Correctness of conduct
respectability · refinement · decorum · conventionality · primness
raffishnessneatness
State of being tidy
tidiness · orderliness · cleanliness · immaculateness · fastidiousness
raffishnessuprightness
Moral correctness and honesty
rectitude · virtuousness · probity · wholesomeness · respectability