Definitions for ruffian

ruffian ruf·fi·an

Spelling: [ruhf-ee-uh n, ruhf-yuh n]
IPA: /ˈrʌf i ən, ˈrʌf yən/

Ruffian is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in ruffian (affinru).

Definitions for ruffian

noun

  1. a tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully.

adjective

  1. Also, ruffianly. tough; lawless; brutal.

Origin of ruffian

1525-35; Middle French Italian ruffiano, perhaps Langobardic *hruf scurf + Italian -ano -an

Examples for ruffian

A ruffian like this Jones will make all the capital he can out of that purse.

It is you're the ruffian to him, snubbing him when he speaks good-naturedly to you.

We know the governor, despite his popularity and his toe-dips into bipartisanship, has a reputation as a ruffian.

The ruffian seemed to have lapsed into a reverie, or else he slept with open eyes.

The ruffian becomes one of the established orders of the body politic.

It will be seen that I treat of the Thief and ruffian as one.

I demand to have the ruffian kept out of my way, and out of the way of all decent people.

I certainly was bound by no law to allow a ruffian to cut me down, unresisting.

You know that ruffian Ussher 'll be there; and I don't want to be meeting him.

He closed with the ruffian, grappled him by the throat, and flung him on his back.

Word Value for ruffian
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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