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
23 June 2025
(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
