impudence

(ĭm'pyə-dəns) also im·pu·den·cy (-dən-sē)
n.

1. The quality of being offensively bold.
2. Offensively bold behavior.

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noun

The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident: assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall¹, impertinence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness. Informal brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.

Quotes:

"Impudence is the worst of all human diseases." - Euripides

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