Reverse Dictionary: IMPUDENT

ADJECTIVES
► AFFRONTED impudent, shameless → 1485-6 obs.
► AFFRONTIVE characterized by impudence, insult, or offence; having the tendency to cause offence → 1659
► BAIRSE impertinent, impudent → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BANDY impudent; obstinate → Bk1911 Sc.
► BIGETY ► BIGGEDY ► BIGGETY ► BIGGITY ► BIGGOTY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful → 1880 Amer. dial.
► BIGIFIED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, egotistic → c1960 Amer. dial.
► BIGOTED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, haughty → 1902 Amer. dial.
► BOLD AS BRASS very bold or impudent; brazen-faced → 1789
► BOLD-FACED impudent; brazen → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BRAISANT brazened; impudent, bold; hardened, shameless → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRASS-FACED impudent → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BRASSY impudent → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BRAZEN-FACED openly shameless; impudent → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CHEEKISH cheeky, impudent → 1838 colloq.
► CHEEKY-ARSED rude, impudent → 20C sl.
► CHIPPY cheeky, impudent → L19 sl.
► CHUNKED impudent, bold → 1853 Amer. dial. obs.
► CHUTZPADIK showing chutzpah, impertinent, impudent, audacious, self-confident → 1959 colloq., esp. Jewish usage
► COCKAPERT impudent, saucy → 1556 obs.
► COCKING impudent, cheeky → L17 sl.
► COPPER-FACED brazen-faced; impudent → 1602
► COXY self-important, arrogant; brash, cheeky, impudent → 1728
► DACIOUS impudent, rude → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► EFFRONTUOUS characterized by effrontery, impudent → a1734 obs.
► EMPERENT ► IMPERANT ► IMPURENT ► IMPERENT insolently disrespectful; shamelessly forward; impertinent, impudent, rude, prone to take liberties → 1771 Eng. dial. & colloq.
► FAASTIE ► FACETY ► FASTY cheeky, impudent, rude, arrogant; excessively bold or feisty → 1928 W. Indies & Black British sl. 
► FACEY ► FACIE ► FACY cheeky, rude, impudent → 1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
impudent, cheeky → 1825 Sc.
► FACY-GATE impudent, brazen-faced → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAST forward, impulsive, prone to rashness; cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent → 1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAUSTY ► FEISTY ► FICETY ► FISTY ► FYSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome → 1890 Amer. dial.
► FESS conceited, cocky, impudent, over-confident; proud, stuck-up → 1891 Eng. dial.
► FLIPPY silly, impudent, light-headed → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FLOSSY pert, impudent → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► FRESH amorously over-free or cheeky; pert; forward; bold; impudent → 1845 sl., orig. US
► GABBIT loquacious, talkative, tattling; impudent, impertinent → 1808 Sc.
► GALLOWS mischievous, wild, impish, unmanageable, tiresome; impudent, saucy → 1875 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GOBBISH talkative, loquacious; impudent → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GOBBY talkative, loquacious; impudent → 1869 Eng. dial.
► HARD-FACED impudent; obstinate; brazen-faced → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IKY impertinent, impudent, cheeky → 1906 Amer. dial.
► ILL-HUNG of a tongue: impudent, insolent → 1882 Sc.
► ILL-SAIRED impudent → 1892 Sc.
► IMPERSOME impertinent, impudent → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IMPERT pert, impertinent, impudent → 1889 Eng. dial.
► IMPITY impudent, uppity → 1967 Amer. dial.
► IRON-SIDED hardy, rough, unmanageable; impudent, defiant → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LIKE A MONKEY WITH A TIN TOOL impudent. self-satisfied → c1863
► LIPPY impudent, impertinent; talkative → 1865 US sl.
► MALAPERT presumptuous, impudent, saucy; bold or forward from lack of proper respect or modesty → c1420 obs.
► MOUTHY loquacious, talkative; often also implying boastfulness or impudence → 1589 sl.
► NASH-GABBIT impudent or caustic in speech → 1877 Sc.
► NEBSIE ► NEBSY brusque, impudent; cheeky; ill-natured → 1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NERVY cool, confident, impudent → 1897
► NIPPENT impudent, impertinent → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► OFF BASE presumptuous; impudent → 1950s US sl.
► OUTDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking → 1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► OWDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking → 1847 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► PAUKY ► PAWKY proud, conceited, impudent, bold, precocious, forward, inquisitive; esp. used of children → 1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
► PEREMPTORY impudent, saucy → 1691 Eng. dial., obs.
► PROCACIOUS forward, insolent, impudent, saucy, pert, petulant → 1660
► PROTERVE forward, wayward, stubborn; peevish, petulant; proud, arrogant, impudent → 1382 obs.
► PROTERVOUS forward, wayward, untoward, stubborn, impudent, peevish, petulant → 1547 obs.
► RUFTY-TUFTY rude, rough; boisterous; impudent → 1606 obs.
► SASSY impudent, cheeky; bold, lively; stylish →  1833 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
► SMART forward, impudent; cheeky, pert → c1400 colloq.
► SMART-MOUTHED characterized by impudence or wit → 1967 US sl.
► TAUNTRIL bold, impudent → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► TOITISH saucy, pert, or impudent; easily offended; flighty in temper; irritable, ill-tempered, snappish → 1846 Eng. dial.

ADVERBS
► BRASSILY with impudent or brazen confidence → 1889
► EFFRONTUOUSLY impudently → a1734 obs.

NOUNS
► ACID cheek; impudence, heavy sarcasm → 1910s sl.
► AFFRONTEDNESS impudence, shamelessness, effrontery → 1640 obs.
► AFFRONTIVENESS impudence, effrontery → 1721
► ARSE boldness, gall, gumption. impudence; hence, luck as a result of this → c1940 Aust. sl.
► BACKCHAT impudent replies; backtalk; answering back in an insolent manner → 1901 UK sl., orig. military
► BACK-JAW impudence; abusive language → 1932 Sc.
► BALDERDASH filthy or obscene talk or writing; impudent language; abuse → 1715 Eng. dial.
► BRASS NECK audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence → 1984 sl.
► BRASS audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence → 1642
► CHAT cheek, impudence → L19 sl.
► CHEEK impudent talk; audacity; effrontery → 1840 sl.
► CHELP the cry of a young bird; a shrill noise; chatter; impudent or contentious talk → 1859 Eng. dial.
► CHIN MUSIC talk, esp. impudent talk → 1821 Amer. sl.
► CHUTZBAH ► CHUTZPA ► CHUTZPAH impudence; audacity, effrontery → 1853 Yiddish
► COXINESS self-importance, arrogance; brashness, impudence → 1859
► CRUST gall, audacity, nerve, impudence, insensitive aggressiveness → c1900 Amer. sl.
► FAAS impudence, cheek → 1930s W. Indies sl.
► FAASTINESS ► FACETYNESS rudeness, impudence → 1950s W. Indies sl.
► FACE audacity, impudence → 17C US sl.
► FACEYNESS impudence → 1953 sl.
► FACIAL AREA audacity, impudence → 17C US sl.
► FASS impudence, cheek → 20C W. Indies sl.
► FRONT effrontery, impudence → M17
► GALL impudence, arrogance, self-possession, brazen assurance → 1882 orig. US sl.
► HARD NECK audacity, daring; impudence → 1893 sl.
► HAWBAW impudence; pert, saucy speaking → 19C Eng. dial.
► HIDE impudence, effrontery, nerve → E20 chiefly Aust. & NZ
► HUTZPA ► HUTZPAH unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall → 1890 sl.
► ILL-GAB insolent, impudent language; the power to use such language → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► IMPERANCE ► IMPURENCE impertinence; impudence → 1766
► IMPERENCE impudence → 1837 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► IMPITTENCE impudence, impertinence, forwardness → 1896 Eng. dial.
► INSURANCE assurance, great boldness, impudence → 1893 Amer. dial.
► JAVER idle talk; bold, assuming talk; impudence → 1869 Eng. dial.
► JAW cheeky or impudent talk; also, a talk, a speech, a lecture, an address → 1748
► LIP impudence; talking back → 1803 UK sl.
► MALAPERTNESS the quality of being presumptuous; impudence, sauciness → 1430-40 obs.
► MOXIE courage, impudence, ability → 1930s sl.
► NASH impudent or caustic talk, biting remarks → 1791 Sc.
► NASH-GAB garrulous or impudent talk → 1816 Sc.
► NASHIN impudent or caustic talk → 1923 Sc.
► NECK audacity, daring; impudence → 1893 sl.
► NERVE audacity, effrontery, impudence, cheek → 1887
► OBRAVE an act of impudence or effrontery → 1894 Eng. dial.
► OLD BUCK impudence, cheek; gossip; abuse → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ONCE A WEEK cheek, impudence, audacity → 20C rhyming sl.
► PROCACITY forwardness, petulance, sauciness, pertness, impudence → 1621
► RAG-SAUCE chatter; impudence → c1840 sl.
► SAS ► SASS sauciness, impertinence, cheek; impudent talk → 1835 N. Amer. colloq.
► SAUCE cheek, impudence → L16
► SLACK-JAW impudent talk, continuous impertinences → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► TASH saucy, pert speech; impudence → 1815 Sc.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABOK a talkative or impudent child → 1824 Sc. (Bk.)
► ALECK an impudent person, an upstart → 1908 US sl.
► BAGGAGE a flirtatious young woman; an impudent, romping, saucy girl → 1672 sl.
► BAGLE an impudent and disreputable woman; an opprobrious term for a woman of bad character → 1855 (Bk.)
► BANDAR an impudent or mischievous man or boy → 2014 Hindi (Bk.)
► BILLINGSGATE a clamouring, foul-mouthed person; a vulgar abuser; a scolding impudent slut → 1683 obs.
► BIRST a small, impudent person → 1824 Sc.
► BOUNCER an impudent, brash person → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BRASS-FACE an impudent person → 1647 obs.
► BUSKER a keen-witted, impudent person → 1728 obs.
► CAPRON ► CHAPPRON an impudent fellow → c1460 obs.
► CAPRON HARDY an impudent fellow → M15 sl.
► CHAFE-LITTER an impudent, cheeky person → M16 sl.
► CHEEKEE a person who is addressed or treated cheekily or impudently → 1840 obs.
► CHEEKER a person who addresses or behaves towards someone cheekily or impudently → 1840 obs.
► CHEEKY POSSUM an impudent person → 1930s Aust. sl.
► CLIPPIE a talkative woman; an impudent girl → 19C Sc.
► DALTHEEN an impudent fellow → 20C Ireland
► EFFRONTERIST one who displays effrontery → 1776 obs.
► FACY-GATE a brazen-faced, impudent person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAIZART ► FAZARD  a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow; a shameless person → 1721 Sc.
► FLAPSE an impudent or impertinent fellow → a1652 obs.
► FLIP a flippant, impudent, forward person; a flirt → 1915 Amer. dial.
​► FOUR-FLUSHER an impudent person → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GABBER a ready or chatty talker; one who is loquacious and rather impudent in conversation → 1793
► GABBIE one who is loquacious and rather impudent in conversation; a pert, talkative person; a prater; a chatterbox; a tattler → 1841 Sc.
► GAMIN a neglected boy, left to run about the streets; a street urchin, a guttersnipe; generally, a streetwise or impudent child  → 1832
► GILPIE ► GILPY a young man or boy, esp. a lively, mischievous or impudent one; a roguish boy → 1718 Sc. obs.
► GLOWBASON a bold, impudent person → 1873 Eng. dial.
► HAM BONE a sarcastic person; an impudent person; a ‘wise guy’ → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HARD NECK a very impudent or brazen person → 20C UK sl.
► HASH a person who makes a mess of things; one who speaks or acts clumsily, foolishly, or overhastily; one who is stupid, impudent, slovenly, clumsy, dissolute in speech or action  → 1655 chiefly Sc., depreciative usage
► HIS NABS a vain, pretentious, or impudent person → 1877 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IMPERANCE an impudent person → 1766 sl.
► JACKANAPES anybody at once ugly (or diminutive), showy, and impudent → 1534
► JACK-SAUCE a saucy or impudent fellow; a little oaf → c1550 obs.
► JACK-THE-LAD (a nickname for) a troublemaker or rogue, esp. one regarded with both admiration and mistrust; someone noticeably sharper, smarter, or smugger than the rest; a young impudent man; a popular villain; also, a wanted criminal→ 1981 Brit. colloq.
► JAY an impertinent chatterer; an impudent person; a talkative person → 1523
► JAYBIRD a saucy or impudent person → 1887 Amer. dial.
► LIMMER a wild, undisciplined girl; a bold, impudent girl or woman; a jade, a hussy → 1786 Sc.
► MADAM a disrespectful young woman or girl; an impudent (young) woman → 1802 sl.
► MALAPERT a presumptuous, impudent, pert, or saucy person → 1622 obs.
► MOPSY a forward, impudent girl → 1997 Irish sl.  (Bk.)
► MOXIE ► MOXY an impudent upstart → 1968 African-American sl.
► NABS a vain, pretentious, or impudent person; a term of familiarity → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEBSIE ► NEBSY an impudent or pert old woman → 1825 Sc.
► NECK a person who speaks impudently → 1990 sl.
► NIBSIE an impudent old woman → a1838 Sc. 
► NITTERS a greedy, grubbing, impudent, withered female → 1824 Sc.  obs.
► OBLOQUIUM a malapert or impudent knave → 1869 (Bk.)
► ONE one who stands out in some way, as for impudence, expertise, etc. → L19 sl.
► QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries → a1000 
► QUINE a bold, impudent, shameless, or malevolent woman; a hussy, a slut → 1720 Sc.
► RADICAL a troublesome boy; an impudent, dissipated fellow; a wild, unruly fellow; a rogue, a blackguard; a rascal → Bk1886 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RAMPANT a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; an impudent female → 1671 obs.
► RANNELL a hussy, a jade; an impudent girl or woman; an unchaste or lewd woman → 1573 obs.
► RANNIGAL ► RANNYGILL a bold, impudent, unruly person → 1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► RASPER an impudent, overreaching fellow; a close-fisted, economical person → 19C Eng. dial.
► REAL DAG, A someone or something extraordinary or entertaining; an amusingly eccentric or impudent person; a character → 1875 Aust. & NZ sl.
► SACKET a term of abuse; a scamp, a rascal, a pert, impudent person → 1853 Sc.
► SAD CATTLE prostitutes, viewed as a group; impudent, lewd women; gypsies → c1698 UK criminals’ sl. 
► SASS-BOX a cheeky or impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child → 1857 Amer. dial. 
► SASS-BUCKET an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SASS-POT an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SASSY-BOX an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SAUCE an impudent person → a1553 obs.
► SAUCEBOX an impudent person, esp. a child; a person addicted to making saucy or impertinent remarks → 1588 colloq.
► SAUCE-JACK an impudent or impertinent person → 1855 (Bk.)
► SAUCELING an impudent or impertinent person → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► SAUCEPOT an impudent person → 1998 UK sl.
► SAUCY JACK a cheeky, impudent man → M16 sl.
► SAUCY-BOX a person addicted to making saucy, impudent, or impertinent remarks → 1588 colloq.  obs.
► SKELPIE-LIMMER a girl regarded as impudent or mischievous → 1786 Sc.
► SKIPJACK a pert, shallow-brained fellow; a young, impudent person; a conceited fop or dandy → 1554 arch.
► SMART MOUTH an impudent or cheeky person; a person who makes witty comments at another’s expense → 1966 US sl.
► SMATCHET a small, contemptible person; a mischievous, impudent, pert child; used as a term of  contempt or dislike → c1582 Sc.
► SNAPPER an impudent tattler → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SNICKET a pert, saucy, forward girl; a term of reproach for a little girl; a naughty child; a dirty, careless, impudent woman → 1867 Eng. dial.
► TASTRILL a saucy, impudent child; one who is badly behaved; a mischievous character; a cunning rogue, a rascal → Bk1892 Eng. dial.
► TITTUP a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl; a hussy, a minx → 1762 Eng. dial.
► TITTY-UP a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl; a hussy, a minx → 1901 Eng. dial.
► WHIPSTER a bold, forward, romping,  impudent girl → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► WISE APPLE an impudent person → 1975 Amer. sl.  (Bk.)
► YABOK a talkative or impudent child → 1841 Sc. (Bk.)
► YAP ► YAUP ► YEP ► YIP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad → 1839 Eng. dial.

VERBS
► CHEEK to display or act with impudence → 1900 Amer. dial.
► COME THE ACID ► COME THE OLD ACID to be heavily sarcastic or especially impudent → 1910s UK sl.
► COME THE OLD ACID DROP to be heavily sarcastic or especially impudent → 1962 UK sl.
► FACE OUT to overcome someone with coolness, effrontery, or impudence; to face down → 1533
► GANSEL ► GANSHEL to scold, to upbraid, to storm at someone; to make an impudent retort → 1818 Sc.
► GARM to scold, to vociferate loudly; to prate, to speak in an impudent, harsh voice; to swear → 1895 Eng. dial.
► GAUSTER ► GOSTER to talk and laugh loudly or impudently; to gossip, to talk idly → 1691 Eng. dial.
► GOB to brag, to boast; to talk impudently or idly → 1818 Eng. dial.
► HAVE A FACE FOR OUGHT to have assurance or impudence enough for anything → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAVE A NECK to show impudence or presumption → 1895 Eng. dial.
► HAZEN AT to speak impudently to → 1825 Eng. dial.
► IMPER to be bold or impudent → 1899 Sc.
► NASH to talk in a pert, impudent, or caustic manner → 1825 Sc.
► SASSY to speak impudently or saucily to → 1883 Amer. dial.
► SAUCE to speak impudently or impertinently to someone → 1862 UK
► SCOWER to glower or look impudently at a person → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TALK BACK to make a rude response to, to be impudent → M19 sl.