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pertness

NOUN
impudence
Synonyms
STRONG
assumption assurance audaciousness audacity boldness brashness brass brazenness cheek cheekiness chutzpah cockiness crust defiance discourtesy disrespect effrontery face familiarity forwardness gall guts gutsiness hardiness impertinence incivility insolence moxie nerve overconfidence presumptuousness pushiness rudeness sauciness shamelessness spunk stuff temerity
WEAK
disrespectfulness impudency nerviness sassiness
Antonyms
STRONG
care carefulness caution cowardice doubt fear humility manners meekness modesty politeness regard reserve respect shyness timidity

Example Sentences

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Stephanie Andrea Barron lends Iphigenia a benevolent pertness, but she doesn’t connect the romantic, sappy, impressionable daddy’s girl with the resolved martyr who refuses to let Acquah Kwame Dansoh’s geek-jock Achilles die for her.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2017

Young women were felled by the pertness of the Pomeranian, the confectionery of a bichon frise.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2016

Ms. Worsham, with her bright soprano, matches him note for note, her girlish pertness persuading us that this naïve young woman would fall so hard so fast.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2014

Her lyric soprano had a wonderfully warm, buttery sound, and her performance radiated charm without slipping into pertness.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2012

Jerry's smile took away any suggestion of pertness.

From The Reclaimers by McCarter, Margaret Hill