fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise
(adjective) improperly forward or bold; “don’t be fresh with me”; “impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup”; “an impudent boy given to insulting strangers”; “Don’t get wise with me!”
impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip
(adjective) marked by casual disrespect; “a flip answer to serious question”; “the student was kept in for impudent behavior”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
impudent (comparative more impudent, superlative most impudent)
Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced.
• bold
• brazen-faced
• impertinent
• See also cheeky
Source: Wiktionary
Im"pu*dent, a. Etym: [L. impudens, -entis; pref. im- not + pudens ashamed, modest, p. pr. of pudere to feel shame: cf. F. impudent.]
Definition: Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy. More than impudent sauciness. Shak. When we behold an angel, not to fear Is to be impudent. Dryden.
Syn.
– Shameless; audacious; brazen; bold-faced; pert; immodest; rude; saucy; impertinent; insolent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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