Impudent and Shamefaced

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Impudent adjective - Displaying or marked by rude boldness.

Usage example: the guest's impudent inquiries about the cost of just about everything we had in the house

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Shamefaced is an antonym for impudent.

Nearby Words: impudence, impudently

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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Impudent is an antonym for shamefaced.

Nearby Word: shamefacedly

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

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