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chutzpah ; effrontery ; blatancy ; shamelessness ; impudence ; pertness ; brazenness ; insolence ; forwardness.
Typical examples are 'Who is it that has made most gramophone records?' 'What is the diameter of a human hair?' Which are the commonest surnames?' 'What was it that Jane Austen said about apple pie?' 'What does 'chutzpah' mean?'.
This article discusses the use of the term 'chutzpah' by courts suffering various effronteries at the hands of attorneys and even witnesses who appear before them in both criminal and civil matters.
There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.
There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.
Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue.
We were forced to conclude that the girl, with all her pertness, was of a better sort than we had supposed.
However, his brazenness was short-lived as a canon shell shattered his right leg, forcing the garrison to surrender.
But a commander from another land will put an end to his insolence and cause him to retreat in shame.
Chapman is attracted to Anne, but she finds his forwardness offputting.
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impudently
As to the matter of relics, it is almost incredible how impudently the world has been cheated.
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shamelessly
I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy - I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks.
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talk back
Detectives said the woman killed her children because 'they talked back and they were mouthy'.
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have + the gall to
have + the nerve(s) to
have + the cheek to
have + the nerve to
In an interview earlier this week, he had the gall to declare that the resolution would show the United States had no stomach for finishing the war.
And then, to rub salt in the wound, Adobe had the nerves to sent me an automated email announcing that the issue was fixed.
When they do this I always drive even more slowly and then they have the cheek to shout at me like I'm the one in the wrong.
If you don't have the nerve to directly approach a girl who has caught your eye, consider being her secret admirer for a while.
