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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

Having or showing a lack of respect or modesty; impertinently bold.

e.g. The impudent child talked back to his teacher with a smirk.

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Similar Words

Arch

Archer

Audacious

Bold

Bold-faced

Brash

Brassbound

Brassy

Brazen

Brazen-faced

Caddish

Cheeky

Cocksure

Cocky

Condescending

Fresh

High-toned

Hoity-toity

Impertinent

Insolent

Lippy

Monkeyish

Nervy

Overexuberant

Sassy

Saucy

Self-aggrandizing

Self-dramatizing

Self-engrossed

Self-flattering

Superserviceable

Trigger-happy

Unamenable

Unapologetic

Unblinking

Uncooperative

Undisciplined

Undutiful

Unsubdued

Untactful

Wise

Wrongheaded

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Opposite Words

Abashed

Amenable

Ashamed

Biddable

Blushing

Civil

Comme il faut

Compliant

Conformable

Courteous

Deferent

Deferential

Demure

Diplomatic

Docile

Down-to-earth

Dutiful

Embarrassed

Gentle

Gentlemanly

Gracious

Guilty

Humble

Inconspicuous

Kid-glove

Ladylike

Law-abiding

Lowly

Mannerly

Meek

Mild

Modest

Obedient

Obsequious

Penitential

Placable

Politic

Red-carpet

Respectful

Self-deprecating

Self-deprecatory

Shamefaced

Submissive

Subservient

Sycophantic

Tactful

Tractable

Unassertive

Unassuming

Uninvolved

Unobtrusive

Unpretentious

Well-bred

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Related Words

Abhorrent

Affected

Aggressive

Ambitious

Arrogant

Assertive

Assumptive

Balky

Bluff

Blunt

Bold

Bouncy

Bubbly

Bumptious

Buoyant

Busy

Busyness

Cavalier

Chesty

Contemptuous

Contrary

Contumacious

Curt

Cute

Defiant

Discourteous

Disdainful

Disobedient

Effervescent

Enterprising

Errant

Exuberant

Facetious

Familiar

Fierce

Flip

Flippant

Forward

Free

Frolic

Frolicsome

Froward

Gay

Grandiose

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-handed

High-hat

High-minded

High-pressure

High-spirited

Highfalutin

Huffy

Ill-bred

Ill-mannered

Imperious

Impertinent

Impolite

Important

In-your-face

Incompliant

Inconsiderate

Insubordinate

Intractable

Intrusive

La-di-da

Lippy

Lofty

Lordly

Mannered

Masterful

Meddlesome

Militant

Mischievous

Mouthy

Obstreperous

Obtrusive

Officious

Ostentatious

Overfamiliar

Overweening

Peremptory

Pert

Pompous

Presumptuous

Pretentious

Prideful

Protrusive

Proud

Prying

Pushing

Pushy

Rebel

Rebellious

Recalcitrant

Recusant

Refractory

Restive

Rude

Scornful

Self-asserting

Self-assertive

Shameless

Smart

Smart aleck

Smarty-pants

Sniffy

Snippy

Stiff-necked

Supercilious

Superior

Thoughtless

Toplofty

Unabashed

Unashamed

Unblushing

Uncalled-for

Uncivil

Unembarrassed

Ungovernable

Ungracious

Unhandsome

Unmannered

Unmannerly

Unruly

Untoward

Uppity

Vivacious

Wayward

Willful

Wise

Wiseass

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