cheekiness


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cheek·y

 (chē′kē)
adj. cheek·i·er, cheek·i·est
Impertinently bold; impudent and saucy.
cheek′i·ly adv.
cheek′i·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.cheekiness - the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
insolence, impertinence, impudence, crust, freshness, gall
rudeness, discourtesy - a manner that is rude and insulting
chutzpa, chutzpah, hutzpah - (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity
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cheekiness

noun
The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident:
assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness.
Informal: brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness.
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Translations
وَقاحَه
drzost
flabethedfrækhed
ósvífni
edepsizlikküstahlıksaygısızlık

cheekiness

[ˈtʃiːkɪnɪs] N → descaro m, frescura f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cheekiness

n → Frechheit f, → Dreistigkeit f, → Vorwitz m (geh); (of person also) → freche Art
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cheekiness

[ˈtʃiːkɪnɪs] n → sfacciataggine f, impudenza
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cheek

(tʃiːk) noun
1. the side of the face below the eye. pink cheeks.
2. impudence or disrespectful behaviour. He had the cheek to refuse me entrance.
ˈcheeky adjective
impudent. a cheeky remark.
ˈcheekiness noun
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