Impudence

  • 51effrontée — ● effronté, effrontée adjectif et nom Qui n a honte de rien, qui parle ou agit avec une grande impudence, avec cynisme ou insolence : Une bande d effrontés. ● effronté, effrontée (synonymes) adjectif et nom Qui n a honte de rien, qui parle ou… …

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  • 52brass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, assurance, impudence; top brass. See authority. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An alloy of copper and zinc] Syn. copper alloy, pinchbeck, Muntz s metal, orichalc, mosaic gold, yellow metal, prince… …

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  • 53cheek — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. jowl; insolence, impertinence, sauce, impudence, effrontery, face, brass (inf.); nerve, gall, sass (all sl.). See side. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Either side of the face] Syn. jowl, gill, chop*; see face …

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  • 54chutzpah — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, effrontery, impudence. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [HOOTS puh] nerve, brass, fearlessness. It takes a lot ofchutzpah to cut in line. SYN.: nerve, brass, gall, *balls …

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  • 55discourtesy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Ill manners Nouns 1. discourtesy, discourteousness; ill breeding; rudeness, ill or bad manners. Slang, boardinghouse reach. 2. (discourteous behavior) uncourteousness, inurbanity; illiberality,… …

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  • 56effrontery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shamelessness, brazenness, insolence, audacity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. impudence, audacity, boldness, presumption; see rudeness . See Synonym Study at temerity . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …

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  • 57insolence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Rudeness Nouns 1. (overbearing behavior) insolence, arrogance; hauteur, haughtiness, airs; overbearance; presumption, assertiveness, bravado, pomposity, snobbery; defiance. 2. (impertinent behavior)… …

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  • 58nerve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. courage, strength, vigor, vitality; grit, determination, resolution. v. t. embolden, steel, strengthen, invigorate. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The path of nervous impulses] Syn. nerve fiber, nerve tissue …

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  • 59rudeness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. discourtesy, bad manners, vulgarity, incivility, impoliteness, impudence, disrespect, misbehavior, barbarity, unmannerliness, ill breeding, crudity, brutality, barbarism, tactlessness, boorishness, unbecoming conduct, lack… …

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  • 60Hardihood — Har di*hood (h[aum]r d[i^]*h[oo^]d), n. [Hardy + hood.] Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence. [1913 Webster] A bound of graceful hardihood. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] It is the …

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