rakehell 1 of 2

noun

ˈrāk-ˌhel How to pronounce rakehell (audio)
Definition of rakehellnext
as in pervert
a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard a resort popular with wealthy rakehells

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rakehell

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adjective

variants or rakehelly
as in loose
having or showing lowered moral character or standards a rakehell rock band that was notorious for trashing virtually every hotel suite they ever stayed in

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rakehell
  1. pervert
  2. loose
  3. degenerate
  4. corrupt
  5. rake
  6. dissolute
  7. villain
  8. rakish
Noun
  • The interplay between pervert audience and chastising host is a delicate dance, as old as time.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Five states and Washington, D.C. have referendums next month that could profoundly change—and pervert—the way each conducts elections.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of pervert
Adjective
  • Operating in loose cooperation with Lebanese insurgents, these militias wreaked havoc on Israeli forces and their collaborators.
    Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Interviews and discussions ran longer and looser, and since the set itself was so quiet, these talky segments emphasized the unsettling absence of background noise.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of loose
Noun
  • On The Challenge: Battle of the Eras, these now-geriatric degenerates will duke it out for the only prize worth fighting for: making their kids proud.
    Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
  • There’s the medieval brutality: Gómez was a homicidal degenerate who collected torture methods instead of stamps.
    Tim Padgett, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
Definition of degenerate
Adjective
  • Zoe Saldaña as Rita, a jaded defense attorney for white-collar criminals, is writing her closing argument, asking the jury to exonerate her client, a corrupt bureaucrat accused of pushing his wife off a balcony.
    Paula Aceves, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In their telling, the fraud blamed on Dorje Chang was, in fact, pulled off by one of his corrupt former disciples.
    Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of corrupt
Noun
  • Growing microgreens outdoors in a garden requires a similar procedure: Smooth out existing soil in your garden with a rake.
    Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Lyn handed me a hollow yellow rake that looked more like a child’s beach toy than a tool.
    Avery Keatley, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of rake
Adjective
  • Imbert reminds us of social change and collapse via brief flashbacks to Pierre’s dissolute life before his fall.
    Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But as evidence of the miscarriage of justice gradually came to light — including the identity of the actual traitor, a dissolute nobleman named Ferdinand Walsin-Esterhazy — more people joined Dreyfus’ cause.
    Maurice Samuels / Made by History, TIME, 21 May 2024
Definition of dissolute
Noun
  • Marlena’s John is an iconic hero, and unfailingly rescuing her from all matter of villains.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The film stars, of all people, Hugh Grant, who is said to have an amazing turn as a villain in the film.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of villain
Adjective
  • The Vanquish cuts a rakish profile that is underscored by a wheelbase that is 3.1 inches longer than that of the DBS, which was Aston’s most recent V12 model in the Vanquish’s grand touring class.
    Dan Carney, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In 2003, Pickford entered into an agreement with John Rose, a rakish businessman and treasure hunter from Great Yarmouth who wanted to find the Gloucester.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of rakish
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“Rakehell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rakehell. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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