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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(informal, somewhat derogatory) Resembling or characteristic of riffraff..
What kind of general allowed the riffraff off the streets to wait in his office? And he hated to say it, but Ellie looked extremely riffraffish.
Over the next few years the quiet, bespectacled composer and the riffraffish writer collaborated on Mahagonny and Threepenny Opera before falling out with each other.
Use riffraffish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Riffraffish means (informal, somewhat derogatory) Resembling or characteristic of riffraff..
Common synonyms include riff-raffy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
What kind of general allowed the riffraff off the streets to wait in his office? And he hated to say it, but Ellie looked extremely riffraffish.
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