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Synonyms & Antonyms of pertness
shameless boldness
- the startling pertness with which the server responded to our request to make a substitution
Synonyms for pertness
- audaciousness,
- audacity,
- brashness,
- brass,
- brassiness,
- brazenness,
- cheek,
- cheekiness,
- chutzpah
- (also chutzpa or hutzpah or hutzpa),
- crust,
- effrontery,
- face,
- gall,
- nerve,
- nerviness,
- presumption,
- presumptuousness,
- sauce,
- sauciness,
- temerity
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“Pertness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pertness. Accessed 2 Dec. 2021.
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