cheeky

cheeky
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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
impudent, insolent, saucy, impertinent, brazen, bold, brash, audacious, *nervy, *ballsy, forward.
ANT.: timid, shy, mousy
II
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal: brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity. Slang: wise1. See ATTITUDE, COURTESY.

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