Cheeky and Shamefaced

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Cheeky adjective - Displaying or marked by rude boldness.

Usage example: a cheeky comment about something that was none of her business

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Shamefaced is an antonym for cheeky.

Nearby Words: cheek, cheekily, cheeked, cheeking

Shamefaced adjective - Suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.

Usage example: the newspaper offered a shamefaced apology for having published photographs that were later exposed as fakes

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Cheeky is an antonym for shamefaced.

Nearby Word: shamefacedly

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Shamefaced and Cheeky. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheeky/shamefaced

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