rogueadjective [ before noun ]
uk/rəʊɡ/us/roʊɡ/behaving in ways that are not expected or not normal, often in a way that causes damage:
a rogue state
rogue cells
specialized biology A rogue animal is a dangerous wild animal that lives apart from the rest of its group.
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Dangerous and harmful
- adverse
- apocalyptic
- biohazard
- corrosive
- damaging
- deleterious
- do more harm than good idiom
- favour
- forbidding
- gnarly
- harm
- harmful
- kiss
- negative
- not do sb any favours idiom
- penal
- pernicious
- ruinous
- self-destruct
- toxic
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go rogue
informal to start behaving in a way that is not normal or expected, especially by leaving your group and doing something dangerous:
A Special Forces unit had gone rogue and was trying to free the hostage.
roguenoun [ C ]
uk/rəʊɡ/us/roʊɡ/old-fashioned humorous a person who behaves badly but who you still like:
"Come here, you little rogue!" chuckled my uncle.
The women all think he's a lovable old rogue.
old-fashioned a dishonest or bad man
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People in general
- beggar
- bird
- body
- breed
- bugger
- coot
- creature
- devil
- landlubber
- man
- mankind
- number
- party
- peeps
- person
- quarter
- sod
- sort
- soul
- stiff
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