impudence
/ˈɪmpjʊd(ə)ns
/noun [mass noun]
The quality of being impudent; impertinence: his arrogance and impudence had offended many...
- The impudence and the irony of the attack can escape no one.
- Yet she could not help herself and paid dearly for this impudence.
- She sashays with admirable impudence into the back quarters of the salon.
Synonyms
impertinence, insolence, effrontery, cheek, audacity, temerity, brazenness, shamelessness, immodesty, pertness;
presumption, presumptuousness, disrespect, insubordination, irreverence, flippancy, bumptiousness, brashness, boldness;
rudeness, impoliteness, ill manners, bad manners, unmannerliness, discourteousness, gall, ill breeding
informal freshness, cockiness, brass neck, sauce, sauciness, lip, mouth, face, nerve
North American informal sassiness, chutzpah, nerviness
- IFO
- if only
- -iform
- IFP
- IFR
- if so
- iftar
- if the cap fits, wear it (if the shoe fits, wear it)
- if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain
- if there ever was
- if the shoe fits, wear it
- if the worst comes to the worst
- if truth be told
- IFV
- if wishes were horses, beggars would ride
- if you ask me
- if you can't beat them, join them
- if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
- if you know (or see) what I mean
- if you like
- (if you'll) excuse (or pardon) my French
- if you'll pardon the expression
- if you please
- if you will
- Ig