| Main Entry: | flip |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | throw, jump with abandon |
| Synonyms: | cast, chuck, flick, jerk, pitch, snap, spin, toss, twist |
| Main Entry: | aggressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assertive |
| Synonyms: | assertory, bold, brassy, cheeky*, cocky*, come on, domineering, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, flip*, forceful, fresh*, get up and go, go after, hard sell, imperious, masterful, militant, nervy, pushing, pushy, sassy, shooting from the hip, smart alecky, smart*, strenuous, tough, vigorous, zealous |
| Antonyms: | complaisant, laid-back |
| Main Entry: | belligerent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, argumentative |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, antagonistic, ardent, at loggerheads, battling, bellicose, cantankerous, combative, contentious, fierce, fighting, flip, have a bone to pick, have chip on shoulder, have it in for, hostile, hot, hot-tempered, mean, militant, on the outs, ornery, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike |
| Notes: | bellicose orients 'prone to fighting' toward an individual while belligerent refers to an organized body, a national or political entity - a person is bellicose, a nation is belligerent |
| Antonyms: | cooperative, helping, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | brash |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impulsive, brazen |
| Synonyms: | audacious, bold, brazenfaced, cheeky*, cocksure, cocky*, effervescent, flip, foolhardy, forward, hasty, headlong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, impertinent, impetuous, impolitic, impudent, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, insolent, madcap, maladroit, nervy, precipitate, presuming, presumptuous, pushing, rash, reckless, rude, self-asserting, self-assertive, tactless, thoughtless, undiplomatic, untactful, uppity, vivacious |
| Antonyms: | afraid, careful, cautious, discreet, fearful, reserved |
| Main Entry: | brazen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brash, unashamed |
| Synonyms: | audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, contumelious, defiant, flashy, flip, forward, gritty, gutsy, hotshot, immodest, impertinent, impudent, indecent, insolent, loud, meretricious, nervy, overbold, pert, saucy, shameless, smart-alecky, smart-ass, spunky, tawdry, unabashed, unblushing |
| Antonyms: | humble, meek, shamed, shamefaced, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | chuck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw aside, throw away, throw out |
| Synonyms: | abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, give the heave ho, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, slough, toss |
| Antonyms: | keep |
| Main Entry: | coiffure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hairstyle |
| Synonyms: | DA, afro, beehive, blow dry, braids, corn rows, crew cut, dreadlocks, dreads, flip, fuzz cut, hair, hair-comb, haircut, hairdo, permanent, pigtails, plait, ponytail, razor cut, tail, tease, trim, wave |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose self-control |
| Synonyms: | become deranged, become insane, blow one's mind, blow up, break down, bug out, collapse, flip*, give way, go bonkers, go crazy, go to pieces, lose it, succumb, yield |
| Antonyms: | be calm, compose |
| Main Entry: | derisive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculing |
| Synonyms: | cheeky*, cocky, contemptuous, crusty, disdainful, flip*, fresh, gally, insulting, jeering, mocking, nervy, out-of-line, rude, sarcastic, sassy, scoffing, scornful, smart*, smart-alecky, taunting |
| Antonyms: | complimentary, flattering, praising, respectful |
| Main Entry: | discourteous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rude, impolite |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, bad-mannered, boorish, brusque, cavalier, cheeky*, churlish, contumelious, crude, crusty, curt, disrespectful, flip, fresh, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, inaffable, indelicate, insolent, inurbane, oafish, offhand, rustic, sassy, smart-alecky, uncivil, uncouth, ungenteel, ungracious, unmannerly, unrefined |
| Antonyms: | civil, courteous, gracious, mannered, polite, refined, respectful, well-bred |