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Synonyms of cheek in English:

cheek


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See UK English definition of cheek

See Spanish definition of mejilla

noun

1‘he had the cheek to suggest I was too old’

SYNONYMS
impudence, impertinence, insolence, cheekiness, audacity, temerity, brazenness, presumption, effrontery, nerve, gall, pertness, boldness, shamelessness, impoliteness, disrespect, bad manners, unmannerliness, overfamiliarity
answering back, talking back
informal brass, brass neck, neck, face, lip, mouth, cockiness
British informal sauce
Scottish informal snash
North American informal sass, sassiness, nerviness, chutzpah, back talk
informal, dated hide
British informal, dated crust, backchat
archaic malapertness, contumely
rare procacity, assumption
ANTONYMS

politeness


verb

1‘they were told off for cheeking the dinner lady’

SYNONYMS
answer back to, talk back to, be cheeky to, be impertinent to
contradict, argue with, disagree with
informal backchat
North American informal sass, be sassy to