pert
adjective
1 pert
Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality.
synonyms: impertinent, irreverent, saucy.
Roget 880:
vain,
vain as a peacock,
proud as a peacock;
conceited,
overweening,
pert,
forward;
vainglorious,
high-flown;
ostentatious
etc.
882;
puffed up,
inflated,
flushed.
self-satisfied,
self-confident,
self-sufficient,
self-flattering,
self-admiring,
self-applauding,
self-glorious,
self-opinionated;
entente
etc.
(wrongheaded)
481;
wise in one's own conceit,
pragmatical†,
overwise†,
pretentious,
priggish;
egotistic,
egotistical;
soi-disant
etc.
(boastful)
884 [Fr.];
arrogant
etc.
885.
unabashed,
unblushing;
unconstrained,
unceremonious;
free and easy.
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Roget 885:
insolent,
haughty,
arrogant,
imperious,
magisterial,
dictatorial,
arbitrary;
high-handed,
high and mighty;
contumelious,
supercilious,
overbearing,
intolerant,
domineering,
overweening,
high-flown.
flippant,
pert,
fresh [U.S.],
cavalier,
saucy,
forward,
impertinent,
malapert.
precocious,
assuming,
would-be,
bumptious.
bluff;
brazen,
shameless,
aweless,
unblushing†,
unabashed;
brazen,
boldfaced-,
barefaced-,
brazen-faced;
dead to shame,
lost to shame.
impudent,
audacious,
presumptuous,
free and easy,
devil-may-care,
rollicking;
jaunty,
janty†;
roistering,
blustering,
hectoring,
swaggering,
vaporing;
thrasonic,
fire eating,
full of sound and fury"
[Macbeth].
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Roget 895:
discourteous,
uncourteous†;
uncourtly†;
ill-bred,
ill-mannered,
ill-behaved,
ill-conditioned;
unbred;
unmannerly,
unmannered;
impolite,
unpolite†;
unpolished,
uncivilized,
ungenteel;
ungentleman-like,
ungentlemanly;
unladylike;
blackguard;
vulgar
etc.
851;
dedecorous†;
foul-mouthed foul-spoken;
abusive.
uncivil,
ungracious,
unceremonious;
cool;
pert,
forward,
obtrusive,
impudent,
rude,
saucy,
precocious.
repulsive;
uncomplaisant†,
unaccommodating,
unneighborly,
ungallant;
inaffable†;
ungentle,
ungainly;
rough,
rugged,
bluff,
blunt,
gruff;
churlish,
boorish,
bearish;
brutal,
brusque;
stern,
harsh,
austere;
cavalier.
taint,
sour,
crabbed,
sharp,
short,
trenchant,
sarcastic,
biting,
doggish,
caustic,
virulent,
bitter,
acrimonious,
venomous,
contumelious;
snarling
etc.
v.;
surly,
surly as a bear;
perverse;
grim,
sullen
etc.
901.1;
peevish
etc.
(irascible)
901.
untactful,
impolitic,
undiplomatic;
artless
etc.
703;
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Moby thesaurus: active, activist, activistic, aggressively self-confident, alert, alive, animate, animated, arch, arrogant, audacious, bantam, biggety, bluff, bold, bouncing, bouncy, brash, brassy, brazen, breezy, bright, brisk, bubbly, bumptious, challenging, cheeky, cheerful, chesty, chipper, chirk, chirpy, chirrupy, chutzpadik, cocky, conceited, contemptuous, crusty, daring, defiant, defying, derisive, disdainful, disregardful, disrespectful, ebullient, effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, facy, flip, flippant, forward, fresh, frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep, gally, gay, gratuitous, greatly daring, ill-mannered, immodest, impertinent, impolite, impudent, insolent, jaunty, jolly, keen, know-it-all, live, lively, malapert, mercurial, militant, nervy, nimble, obtrusive, out of line, overwise, peacockish, peacocky, peart, peppy, perk, perky, presumptuous, puffed up, quicksilver, regardless of consequences, rude, sassy, saucy, self-conceited, self-opinionated, smacking, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, snappy, spanking, spirited, sprightly, spry, stuck-up, swelled-headed, uncalled-for, uncivil, unmannerly, vivacious, wise-ass, zingy ... show more.
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