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chutzpah

Pronunciation:  'xootzpu

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 Definition: [n]  aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; "he had the audacity to question my decision"
 
 Synonyms: audaciousness, audacity, hutzpa
 
 See Also: assumption, boldness, brass, cheek, effrontery, face, nerve, presumption, presumptuousness

 

 

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 Related Terms: backbone, bottom, brashness, brass, brazen boldness, cheek, crust, face, gall, grit, guts, gutsiness, guttiness, heart, heart of oak, heroics, hubris, improvidence, imprudence, impudence, indiscretion, injudiciousness, insolence, intestinal fortitude, mettle, nerve, overboldness, overcarelessness, overconfidence, oversureness, overweeningness, pith, pluck, rashness, spirit, spunk, stamina, stout heart, temerariousness, temerity, toughness, unchariness, unwariness
 

 

 

 

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