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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say" [syn: brash, cheeky, nervy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (cheekier; -est) Date: 1846 insolently bold ; impudent • cheekily adverb • cheekiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (cheekier, cheekiest) impertinent, impudent. Derivatives: cheekily adv. cheekiness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cheeky Cheek"y, a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold. [Slang.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cheekier, cheekiest) If you describe a person or their behaviour as cheeky, you think that they are slightly rude or disrespectful but in a charming or amusing way. (mainly BRIT) The boy was cheeky and casual... Martin gave her a cheeky grin. ADJ • cheekily He strolled cheekily past the commissionaires for a free wash in the gentlemen's cloakroom. ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV with cl

Moby Thesaurus

arrogant, audacious, biggety, bluff, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, challenging, chutzpadik, cocky, contemptuous, crusty, daring, defiant, defying, derisive, disdainful, disregardful, disrespectful, facy, flip, flippant, forward, fresh, gally, gratuitous, greatly daring, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, pert, regardless of consequences, rude, sassy, saucy, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, uncalled-for, uncivil, wise-ass