Cheeky vs. Insolent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cheeky and Insolent
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Cheeky
Impertinently bold; impudent and saucy.
Insolent
Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
She hated the insolent tone of his voice
Cheeky
(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
Insolent
Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent.
Cheeky
Tending to expose the cheeks of the buttocks.
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Insolent
(Archaic) Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.
Cheeky
(Australian Aboriginal) Poisonous (of animals such as snakes), dangerous, cunning, violent, potent.
Insolent
Insulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner.
Cheeky
Indulged in.
Insolent
Rude.
Cheeky
A Brazen-faced; impudent; bold.
Insolent
A person who is insolent.
Cheeky
Offensively bold;
A brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club
A nervy thing to say
Insolent
Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.
If one chance to derive any word from the Latin which is insolent to their ears . . . they forthwith make a jest at it.
If any should accuse me of being new or insolent.
Insolent
Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant.
Insolent is he that despiseth in his judgment all other folks as in regard of his value, of his cunning, of his speaking, and of his bearing.
Can you not see? or will ye not observe . . . How insolent of late he is become,How proud, how peremptory?
Insolent
Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior.
Their insolent triumph excited . . . indignation.
Insolent
Marked by casual disrespect;
A flip answer to serious question
The student was kept in for impudent behavior
Insolent
Unrestrained by convention or propriety;
An audacious trick to pull
A barefaced hypocrite
The most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim
Bold-faced lies
Brazen arrogance
The modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress
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