cheekiness

noun

Definition of cheekinessnext
as in nerve
shameless boldness the cheekiness of the restaurant's demand that we pay for unordered food was breathtaking

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  1. nerve
  2. gall
  3. arrogance
  4. confidence
  5. audacity
Noun
  • Find your rhythm in routine to calm your nerves as the moon and Mercury clash.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
  • About three and half weeks after leaving Belize, the family went to Miami where Annabelle had an additional surgery to revise her amputation so it would be better suited for a prosthetic, and additional surgery on her hands to repair some nerves and tendon damage.
    Morgan Chesky, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of nerve
Noun
  • Coordinators have rarely had the gall to try to run it in those spots, but the Lions did and scored.
    Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Jason, who Reed has the gall to say might not be worth avenging, does Helen one more good turn from beyond the grave.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of gall
Noun
  • If Nietzsche was right, altruism comes from selfishness, humility from arrogance, love from hate.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • That arrogance and overconfidence lead to hubris, which clouds their ability to see things clearly.
    Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of arrogance
Noun
  • However, Hood said the past few days of cold and around freezing temperatures in the state have increased forecasters' confidence that snow will accumulate with a minimal chance of melting quickly.
    Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Offensive defenseman has work to do defensively, but has the confidence to continue making plays after something goes sideways.
    Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of confidence
Noun
  • There’s only one word for it: chutzpah, an extreme level of audacity, gall or nerve.
    Steve Bousquet, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
  • And today, in 2024, people have the audacity to say bitcoin wasn't hijacked.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of audacity
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