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Definition of rakehell in English: rakehellnoun ˈreɪkhɛl archaic A fashionable or wealthy man of immoral or promiscuous habits. her dissolute rakehell of a son, Sir Felix Example sentencesExamples - He was eighteen, and a rakehell, and the disparity between his character and his appearance is a familiar failure of fit that has come to give beauty a bad name.
- Farnol's usual spunky heroine is on the run from the rakehell and drunkard Lord Barrasdale, who would marry her by force to claim her lands.
- Finney was a young and rambunctious British actor, playing a young and exceedingly virile rakehell.
- He ingratiates himself into the life of the rich rakehell, emulating his actions, his speech, his body language.
- An hour at Brooks', in the company of the rakehells, proved to be more than I could endure.
- If an infamous rakehell like Lord Braunfield could undergo such a remarkable and genuine reformation, surely there was hope for the likes of Lord Ashbourne?
Synonyms playboy, libertine, profligate
Origin Mid 16th century: from the old expression to rake hell, meaning 'to search through hell' (to find such a bad man). |