roguery
1
8.8
- noun
- /ˈroʊɡəri/
- Archaic
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travesura
- The most favorite scenes are his child's roguery, such as stealing butter from Yashoda (his foster mother), or his divine love with gopis (devotees), among whom Radha was the most beloved.
Examples
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He declared that "the words Jesuitry and fanaticism can be equated with roguery and ignorance, superstition and stupidity."
Academic text (1991) -
By submitting helplessly to his unconscionable blackmailing by paying him, not under any rule of reason, but in proportion to his roguery and incompetence, and hence to the direness of our need.
Blog text (34) -
"I would rather think that in a long shot, stahr saw a new way of measuring our jerky hopes and graceful rogueries and awkward sorrows and that he came here from choice to be with us to the end, like the plane coming down into the glendale airport into the warm darkness."
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His roguery often got him into trouble with friends and family.
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The child's playful roguery brought laughter to everyone in the room.
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She enjoyed his roguery, even if it sometimes led to a bit of mischief.
Synonyms
52
8.6
A playful or dishonest trick that causes trouble
34
2.7
Naughty actions often done by children that annoy people or cause small harm
8
8.0
Someone who secretly plans to do something dishonest or harmful
7
8.2
Silly, playful behaviour that is not serious
5
4.6
Playful mischief that can include small dishonest acts to trick or amuse people
3
4.5
Actions done on purpose that cause problems or mischief
1
8.8
Behaviour that harms people or tricks them, sometimes as a prank
1
6.0
Doing things quietly to trick people without them noticing
1
4.6
Playful actions that cause small harmless trouble for fun
1
7.9
Playful mischief that teases or annoys other people
1
6.0
The act of causing trouble or harm to others on purpose
1
9.7
Bad behavior meant to annoy or hurt people
1
8.1
Playful or dishonest behavior that tricks people
A playful habit of doing mischief or telling small lies that amuses people
The act of behaving in a naughty, playful way
A liking for doing playful, slightly naughty tricks on other people
Antonyms
How Mischievous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Roguery comes from rogue, meaning 'a dishonest or playful person', plus the ending -ery, which makes a noun for 'behaviour'. So roguery is the mischief, tricks, or dishonest acts of a rogue.