Definition for Ruffianly:

• Like a ruffian: violent.

Synonyms for Ruffianly:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • ruffianly.
  •tough (adjective)
  • ferocious,
  • hard-boiled,
  • hard-nosed,
  • severe,
  • callous,
  • desperate,
  • headstrong,
  • uncontrollable,
  • cruel,
  • taut,
  • intractable,
  • unmanageable,
  • hard-bitten,
  • vicious,
  • obdurate,
  • hard,
  • strict,
  • unyielding,
  • confirmed,
  • stubborn,
  • narrow,
  • pugnacious,
  • uncompromising,
  • hard-line,
  • immutable,
  • fixed,
  • firm,
  • arbitrary,
  • unalterable,
  • ruthless,
  • unbending,
  • inflexible,
  • fierce,
  • harsh,
  • stiff,
  • adamant,
  • merciless,
  • savage,
  • drastic,
  • refractory,
  • exacting,
  • stern,
  • resolute,
  • terrible.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • hardline,
  • unforgiving,
  • tough,
  • hard line,
  • hardboiled,
  • hard-shelled,
  • head-strong,
  • hardbitten,
  • hardnosed.
  •n.
  • bad,
  • boorish,
  • churlish,
  • cloddish,
  • clownish,
  • disorderly,
  • disruptive,
  • improper,
  • loutish,
  • lubberly,
  • lumpish,
  • naughty,
  • off-base,
  • raffish,
  • roughneck,
  • rowdy,
  • violent,
  • yokelish,
  • Misbehaving,
  • Rowdyish,
  • out-of-line,
  • carlish,
  • not respectable,
  • unbehaving,
  • hooliganish,
  • loobyish.

Antonyms for Ruffianly:

• adj.

  • tough
    facile, nice, lenient, gentle, soft, tender, pliant, easy, unstable, amenable, tolerant, peaceful, delicate, supple, flexible, pliable, uncertain, fragile, calm, weak, yielding, vulnerable, wobbly, mild, kind, controllable, easy-going.
  • Other antonyms:
    nonviolent.

Ruffianly Sentence Examples:

• Quarrels arose: a ruffianly scene of violence and brawl ensued, in which several were killed and wounded on both sides; but the party for the expedition to San Domingo remained triumphant.

• Nor did I at that moment, or for some time afterwards, connect the son of the ruffianly old publican with the journalist and politician of whom I had heard a good deal.

Homophones for Ruffianly:

• rue family, Rohypnol, ravenala.