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chutzpah
chutz·pah also hutz·pah C0350800 (KHo͝ot′spə, ho͝ot′-)n. Utter nerve; effrontery: "has the chutzpah to claim a lock on God and morality" (New York Times).
[Yiddish khutspe, from Mishnaic Hebrew ḥuṣpâ, from ḥāṣap, to be insolent; see ḥṣp in Semitic roots.]chutzpah (ˈxʊtspə) or hutzpahninformal shameless audacity; impudence[C20: from Yiddish]chutzpahA Yiddish term meaning audacity, courage, or nerve.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | chutzpah - (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacitychutzpa, hutzpahcheekiness, insolence, impertinence, impudence, crust, freshness, gall - the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take libertiesYiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script |
chutzpah also hutzpah
nounThe state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident:assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness.Informal: brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness.Translationschutzpah
Synonyms for chutzpahnoun the state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confidentSynonyms- assumption
- audaciousness
- audacity
- boldness
- brashness
- brazenness
- cheek
- cheekiness
- discourtesy
- disrespect
- effrontery
- face
- familiarity
- forwardness
- gall
- impertinence
- impudence
- impudency
- incivility
- insolence
- nerve
- nerviness
- overconfidence
- pertness
- presumptuousness
- pushiness
- rudeness
- sassiness
- sauciness
- brass
- crust
- sauce
- uppishness
- uppityness
Synonyms for chutzpahnoun (Yiddish) unbelievable gallSynonymsRelated Words- cheekiness
- insolence
- impertinence
- impudence
- crust
- freshness
- gall
- Yiddish
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