as in pervert
a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard
a resort popular with wealthy rakehells
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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
Noun
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Another of the girls called Essex a pervert, which prompted their mother to ask more questions.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2024 -
The imagery is intended to mock and reflect modern Japan in some way — from the overworked salarymen gleefully staging suicidal leaps off of buildings to the schoolgirls (who, in the dream, have cell phones for heads) exposing themselves to perverts (who also have cell phones for heads).—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
28 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Oklahoma Sooners men’s basketball guard Duke Miles suffered a horrific injury while diving for a loose ball during the team’s win over Mississippi State on Saturday.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Land in San Rafael, Corte Madera, Foster City and Bay Farm Island in the San Francisco Bay Area was found to be subsiding at more than 0.4 inches per year, primarily due to sediment compaction—when loose particles are pressed together under the weight of overlying layers.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This 24-hour dive near Uptown is for true degenerates looking to extend the party to unholy hours.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2025
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At another point, a surface-to-air missile takes out a passenger airliner, something that really happened — but the attack is as purposeless here as the tragic original event, other than to remind us that Valet, who surveys the wreckage for valuables, is a degenerate.—
Boris Fishman,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This is part of the most corrupt bargain in American history. KARL: But are their counterpunches having any impact at all?—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Eric Adams has been a lousy mayor for the most part, one who couldn’t see the loaf for the crumbs and squandered his political capital on maintaining a dizzying array of corrupt friends and cronies.—
Harry Siegel,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Aerodynamic rakes are metal fence-like structures covered in sensors that are typically positioned around the front axle or rear axle and diffuser.—
Yara Elshebiny,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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If the rake tines or hoe or shovel blade are up and then stepped upon, there is a potential danger of injury.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The Human Fear is their fantastic tribute to misspent youth and an even more dissolute adulthood.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
11 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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This shortcoming extends to its assortment of villains who, despite including celebrity appearances like AEW wrestler Samoa Joe, fail to leave a memorable impression beyond being yet another obstacle on the way to the end credits.—
Isaiah Colbert,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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The film’s post-production was derailed by the writers and actors strikes, and a 22-day reshoot that added Giancarlo Esposito as a villain was done in that time.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Cécile, the willful teenage narrator, is vacationing on the Côte d’Azur with her rakish widowed father, Raymond.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
17 Aug. 2024
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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
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“Rakehell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rakehell. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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