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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

backchat n
back talk n
bold adj (NOT SHY)
cheek n (BEHAVIOUR)
cheeky adj
churlish adj
chutzpah n
coarseness n, at coarse adj (ROUGH)
coarse adj (RUDE)
cocksure adj
cocky adj
crass adj
crudely adv, at crude adj (SIMPLE)
crude adj (RUDE)
discourteous adj
effrontery n
foul adj
foul-mouthed adj
fruity adj (REMARK)
gall n
graceless adj (NOT POLITE)
ignorant adj
ill-bred adj
ill-mannered adj
impertinent adj
impolite adj
impudent adj
incivility n
indelicate adj
insolent adj
irreverent adj
liberty n (BAD BEHAVIOUR)
lip n (SPEECH)
lippy adj
neanderthal adj
nerve n (RUDENESS)
obnoxious adj
off adj (RUDE)
offensive adj (UPSETTING)
pert adj
presume v (BE RUDE)
presumptuous adj
prickly adj
printable adj
ripe adj (LANGUAGE)
rough-hewn adj
rude adj (NOT POLITE)
rudely adv, at rude adj (SUDDEN)
rudely adv, at rude adj (SIMPLE)
sass n
sass v
sassy adj
sauce n (RUDENESS)
saucy adj
scatological adj
smart-mouthed adj, at smart mouth n
sneering adj
snotty adj (PERSON)
surly adj
temerity n
unceremonious adj
uncivil adj
uncouth adj
unpleasant adj
unprintable adj
unrepeatable adj (WORDS)

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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

vulgar adj (RUDE)


back talk, at backchat n
bad form
take liberties (with sb)
personal remark/comment
take sth personally
(as) bold as brass idiom
without so much as a by-your-leave idiom
take the liberty of doing sth idiom

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