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Another word for cheek

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Noun

  1. The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident

    See also:

    courtesy

    attitude

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Another word for cheek

Noun

  1. Either side of the face

    See also:

    face

  2. *Insolence

    See also:

    temerity

    temerity

    rudeness

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • She touched his cheek gingerly.

  • She stroked his cheek and kissed his forehead.

  • She touched her cheek to his face.

  • A fly lighted on the baby's cheek, and he brushed it away.

  • She rested her cheek against the cool stone wall.

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