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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gaudy, flashy |
| Synonyms: | blatant, bogus, brazen, chintzy, counterfeit, garish, glaring, insincere, loud, misleading, ornate, phony, plastic, put-on, sham, showy, spurious, superficial, tawdry, tinsel, trashy |
| Notes: | meretricious means of or pertaining to prostitutes - alluring by vulgar or flashy display - based on pretense or insincerity; meritorious means deserving reward or praise |
| Antonyms: | genuine, real, undecorated, unembellished |
| Main Entry: | pert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively, bold |
| Synonyms: | animated, audacious, brash, brazen, breezy, bright, brisk, cheeky*, dapper, daring, dashing, disrespectful, flip*, flippant, forward, fresh, gay, impertinent, impudent, insolent, jaunty, keen, nervy, perky, presumptuous, sassy*, saucy*, smart, smart-alecky, spirited, sprightly, vivacious, wise |
| Antonyms: | dull, humble, lifeless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sassy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impudent |
| Synonyms: | arrant, audacious, bold, brassy, brazen, cheeky*, discourteous, disrespectful, flip*, flippant, fresh, insolent, mouthy, overbold, rude, saucy*, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | saucy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disrespectful |
| Synonyms: | arch, audacious, bold, brash, brazen, cheeky*, combative, contumelious, flip*, flippant, forward, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, intrusive, meddlesome, nervy, obtrusive, pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy, smart, smart-alecky, smug, snippy, volatile, weisenheiming, wise |
| Antonyms: | kind, polite, respectful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shameless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, indecent |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, arrant, audacious, barefaced, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky*, depraved, dissolute, flagrant, forward, hardened, high-handed, immodest, immoral, improper, impudent, incorrigible, insolent, lewd, outrageous, overbold, presumptuous, profligate, reprobate, rude, unabashed, unashamed, unblushing, unchaste, unprincipled, wanton |
| Antonyms: | decent, good, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smart |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brisk, lively |
| Synonyms: | active, bold, brazen, cracking, energetic, forward, good, jaunty, nervy, pert, quick, saucy, scintillating, spanking, spirited, sprightly, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, lethargic, slow |
| Main Entry: | sporty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | casual; flashy |
| Synonyms: | brazen, flamboyant, flaunting, gaudy, glittering, glittery, glitzy, informal, jazzy, loud, natty, ornate, showy, snazzy |
| Main Entry: | tawdry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, tasteless |
| Synonyms: | blatant, brazen, chintzy, common, crude, dirty, flaring, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, glaring, glittering, glitzy, jazzy, junky, loud, meretricious, obtrusive, offensive, plastic, poor, raffish, screaming, showy, sleazy*, sporty, tacky*, tinsel, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | nice, sophisticated, tasteful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assumptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impudent |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, assuming, audacious, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, forward, impertinent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overbearing, overconfident, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy*, saucy*, smart* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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