Improve Your Writing by Expanding Your Vocabulary

I might start a new series of very short posts like this.

Today's word: ruffian

noun

plural noun: ruffians

1. a violent person, especially one involved in crime.
2. Similar:
   thug
   
   roughneck
   
   scoundrel
   
   villain
   
   rogue
   
   rascal
   
   lout
   
   hooligan
   
   hoodlum
   
   vandal
   
   delinquent
   
   rowdy
   
   bully boy
   
   bully
   
   brute
   
   larrikin
   
   tough
   
   bruiser
   
   heavy
   
   gorilla
   
   yahoo
   
   rough
   
   yob
   
   yobbo
   
   bovver boy
   lager lout
   
   chav
   
   hoodie
   
   keelie
   
   ned
   
   hood
   
   goon
   
   roughie
   
   hoon
   
   miscreant
   
   myrmidon
   
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