| Main Entry: | impertinent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold, disrespectful |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, brash, brassy, brazen, contumelious, discourteous, disgracious, flip*, forward, fresh, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, inappropriate, incongruous, inquisitive, insolent, interfering, intrusive, lippy, meddlesome, meddling, nosy*, off base, offensive, out of line, pert, presumptuous, procacious, prying, rude, sassy*, smart, smart alecky, uncalled-for, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly, unsuitable |
Antonyms: |
kind, mannered, nice, polite, refined, respectful |
| Main Entry: | audacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, presumptuous |
Synonyms: |
assuming, bantam, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky*, defiant, disrespectful, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, rude, saucy, shameless |
Antonyms: |
humble, modest, reserved, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | brash |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impulsive, brazen |
Synonyms: |
audacious, bold, brazenfaced, cheeky*, cocksure, cocky*, effervescent, flip, foolhardy, forward, hasty, headlong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, impertinent, impetuous, impolitic, impudent, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, insolent, madcap, maladroit, nervy, precipitate, presuming, presumptuous, pushing, rash, reckless, rude, self-asserting, self-assertive, tactless, thoughtless, undiplomatic, untactful, uppity, vivacious |
Antonyms: |
afraid, careful, cautious, discreet, fearful, reserved |
| Main Entry: | brazen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brash, unashamed |
Synonyms: |
audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, contumelious, defiant, flashy, flip, forward, gritty, gutsy, hotshot, immodest, impertinent, impudent, indecent, insolent, loud, meretricious, nervy, overbold, pert, saucy, shameless, smart-alecky, smart-ass, spunky, tawdry, unabashed, unblushing |
Antonyms: |
humble, meek, shamed, shamefaced, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | cheeky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impudent |
Synonyms: |
audacious, ballsy, bold, brash, brazen, disrespectful, forward, impertinent, insolent, insulting, nervy, saucy |
| Main Entry: | cool |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aloof, disapproving |
Synonyms: |
annoyed, apathetic, distant, frigid, impertinent, impudent, incurious, indifferent, insolent, lukewarm, offended, offhand, offish, procacious, reserved, solitary, standoffish, unapproachable, uncommunicative, unenthusiastic, unfriendly, uninterested, unresponsive, unsociable, unwelcoming, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
approving, friendly, kind, responsive, warm |
| Main Entry: | curious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desiring knowledge, understanding |
Synonyms: |
analytical, disquisitive, examining, impertinent, inquiring, inquisitive, inspecting, interested, interfering, intrusive, investigative, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, peeping, peering, prurient, prying, puzzled, questioning, scrutinizing, searching, snoopy, tampering |
Antonyms: |
disinterested, incurious, indifferent, uninterested |
| Main Entry: | discourteous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rude, impolite |
Synonyms: |
abrupt, bad-mannered, boorish, brusque, cavalier, cheeky*, churlish, contumelious, crude, crusty, curt, disrespectful, flip, fresh, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, inaffable, indelicate, insolent, inurbane, oafish, offhand, rustic, sassy, smart-alecky, uncivil, uncouth, ungenteel, ungracious, unmannerly, unrefined |
Antonyms: |
civil, courteous, gracious, mannered, polite, refined, respectful, well-bred |
| Main Entry: | disrespectful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insulting, rude |
Synonyms: |
aweless, bad-mannered, blasphemous, bold, cheeky*, contemptuous, discourteous, disgracious, flip*, flippant, fresh, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impious, impolite, impudent, insolent, irreverent, misbehaved, nervy, out-of-line, profanatory, profane, sacrilegious, sassy*, saucy*, smart-alecky, snippy, uncivil, unfilial, ungracious |
Antonyms: |
civil, courteous, mannered, mannerly, nice, respectful |
| Main Entry: | extraneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unneeded; irrevelant |
Synonyms: |
accidental, additional, adventitious, beside the point, extra, foreign, immaterial, impertinent, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, incidental, inessential, needless, nonessential, off the subject, peripheral, pointless, redundant, superfluous, supplementary, unconnected, unessential, unnecessary, unrelated |
Antonyms: |
appropriate, basic, essential, integral, necessary, needed, pertinent, relevant |