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temerity
Synonyms and Antonyms of temerity
- she had the temerity to ask me if she could borrow some money even though she never repaid the last loan
audaciousness, audacity, brashness, brass, brassiness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah (also chutzpa), crust, effrontery, face, gall, nerve, nerviness, pertness, presumption, presumptuousness, sauce, sauciness
Synonym Discussion of temerity
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- had the temerity to refuse
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- an entrepreneur with audacity and vision
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- admired for her hardihood
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- outraged at his effrontery
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- the nerve of that guy
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- has the cheek to call herself a singer
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- had the gall to demand proof
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- the chutzpah needed for a career in show business
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