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(adj)
Not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.
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Impudent; open and without shame.
Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
(Australia, US, slang) Impressively great in size, and enormous; extraordinary.
Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
Lacking respect.
feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
(UK, informal) Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
Alternative spelling of snot-nosed. [(idiomatic, slang, derogatory) Young and arrogant or conceited.]
(informal) Impudent; impudently bold.
Shameless or impudent; shocking or audacious; brash.
(n)
Contemptible, ill-mannered conduct; insulting: arrogant, bold behaviour or attitude.
Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.
Bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky; impudent; saucy.
(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.
Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
The act of perpetrating
Lacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.
Newly produced or obtained; recent.
(informal) Ill-tempered or impertinent in an arrogant, conceited manner.
Courageous, daring.
Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
The act of exposing to ridicule.
(of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
Scornfully mocking or cynical.
Profusely polite, especially in an insincere and unpleasant manner.
Causing ill will, envy, or offense.
of or pertaining to a dictator
Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.
Offensively condescending.
In an uninformed way; ignorantly.
(derogatory) In a manner behoving a loser.
In a huffing manner.
Tending to insinuate; insinuating
Inappropriate for a president.
Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity; smarmy; unctuous; oily.
ingratiating
Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.
Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
In the way of recriminations.
Simultaneously ignorant and arrogant.
(adv)
In an anti-Semitic manner.
Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
(law) Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge.
(by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
Continual or successive; unceasing.
Inclined to be polite to one's superiors and abusive to one's subordinates.
Alternative form of in-your-face. [(informal) Aggressively or blatantly confrontational.]
Misspelling of insidious. [Causing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.]
(now rare) Inwardly, within; internally; secretly.
In a puffing manner.
An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
A person or device that produces a great deal of noise, especially one used in a celebration or sporting event.
The state of being irreligious; irreligious sentiment or thought.
Someone who constantly brags or boasts.
(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.
(by extension) A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.
A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
Confidence, pride.
A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.
The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.
(dated, chiefly of men) An unprincipled, contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
(dated) A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.
A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.
A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12–18 months)
A swaggering show of defiance or courage.
Open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power; refusing to give up.
A persistent gaze.
A mob; a disorderly crowd.
(uncountable) The making of boasts.
(often diminutively) A cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.
One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
Someone who intrudes.
(specifically) A girl or young woman of a lower class.
Soldiers considered as a group.
(derogatory) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
Absence of sound; silence or hush.