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