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Impudence

The quality of being impudent; assurance, accompanied with a disregard of the presence or opinions of others; shamelessness; forwardness; want of modesty.

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Discourtesy 76% connected

Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disrespect 76% connected

Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cheek 74% connected

The side of the face below the eye.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cheek 74% connected

The side of the face below the eye.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

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Cheek 92% connected

The side of the face below the eye.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Crust 92% connected

The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Freshness 92% connected

The state of being fresh.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gall 92% connected

The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impertinence 92% connected

The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Insolence 92% connected

The quality of being unusual or novel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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