Thesaurus / pushy
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Be present, not pushy, and see whether you and the mom can find you a loving, respectful place in your granddaughter’s life.
CAROLYN HAX: HER SON ISN’T THERE FOR HIS CHILD, BUT SHE CAN STILL BE A GOOD GRANDMACAROLYN HAXFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThis is yet another example of Google getting “pushy” — just look at the Discover feed.
THE EXPANSION OF PEOPLE ALSO ASK IN THE SEARCH RESULTSJASON BARNARDDECEMBER 14, 2020SEARCH ENGINE LANDPublishers have gotten a lot pushier about marketing their news subscriptions lately.
‘MORE IS MORE’: NEWS PUBLISHERS DIAL UP THE MARKETING HEAT ON THEIR SUBSCRIPTION PRODUCTSMAX WILLENSNOVEMBER 12, 2020DIGIDAYAt this point I became pushy with the collaboration … because LUNA could measure this reaction exactly.
PHYSICISTS PIN DOWN NUCLEAR REACTION FROM MOMENTS AFTER THE BIG BANGTHOMAS LEWTONNOVEMBER 11, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEFor instance, there’s a scene where a pushy Lorenz takes a mouth swab from Mia, who hasn’t exactly consented.
STREAM OR SKIP? A SYNTHETIC BIOLOGIST’S REVIEW OF ‘BIOHACKERS’ ON NETFLIXELSA SOTIRIADISSEPTEMBER 2, 2020SINGULARITY HUB WORDS RELATED TO PUSHY
- aggressive
- antagonistic
- argumentative
- bellicose
- brawling
- cantankerous
- chip on shoulder
- choleric
- combative
- contentious
- defiant
- disputatious
- have a bone to pick
- hot-tempered
- irascible
- irritable
- itching to fight
- militant
- petulant
- pushing
- pushy
- quarrelsome
- ready to fight
- rebellious
- salty
- scrappy
- self-assertive
- truculent
- warlike
- arrant
- assuming
- assumptive
- audacious
- barefaced
- blatant
- bold
- boldfaced
- brash
- brassy
- brazen
- bumptious
- cheeky
- cocky
- contumelious
- cool
- familiar
- flip
- forward
- fresh
- immodest
- impertinent
- impudent
- insolent
- malapert
- nervy
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- overbold
- overconfident
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- presuming
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- rude
- sassy
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- smart
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- unabashed
- unblushing
- wise
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- assuming
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- audacious
- barefaced
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- cool
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- flip
- forward
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- immodest
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- unabashed
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- aggressive
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- clear
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- dedicated
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- firm
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- gutsy
- handful
- hard-nosed
- independent
- intelligent
- intense
- iron-willed
- keen
- mean
- perceptive
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- resilient
- resourceful
- sagacious
- self-assertive
- severe
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- take-charge
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- zealous
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- audacious
- barefaced
- blatant
- bold
- boldfaced
- brash
- brassy
- brazen
- bumptious
- cheeky
- cocky
- contumelious
- cool
- familiar
- flip
- forward
- fresh
- immodest
- impertinent
- insolent
- malapert
- nervy
- off-base
- overbold
- overconfident
- pert
- presuming
- presumptuous
- procacious
- pushy
- rude
- sassy
- saucy
- smart
- smart-alecky
- unabashed
- unblushing
- wise
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