ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Roynish

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Roynish is an adjective meaning Mean, paltry, vulgar or troublesome.

Meaning

Mean, paltry, vulgar or troublesome.

More Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Mangy; scabby.

Example Sentences

My lord, the roynish clown, at whom so oft Your Grace was wont to laugh, is also missing.
Their voices had a roynish sound that grated on Covenant's nerves—he had too many horrid memories of urviles—but he suppressed his discomfort

Synonyms for roynish

Depending on context, synonyms include reef, scald, contemptible, miserable, trashy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include raggy, mangy, scroungy, maungy, reasty, ribby.

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