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Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

Showing an impudent lack of respect

Showing or feeling strong dislike or disrespect

Blatantly obvious or conspicuous

(attributive) Feeling or exuding self-assurance

Ambitious or difficult to achieve

Not restrained, restricted or controlled

Rebellious in nature

Large, ambitious, or impressive in scope or scale

Causing general outrage by a perceived offense against morality or law

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Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

jumping to conclusions

having nerves of steel

full of determination

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

focused^US

honourable^UK

honorable^US

focussed^UK

committed to the idea of

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“From this dynamic leader's audacious vision has sprung a city that is breathtaking in scale and vision.”

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Showing an impudent lack of respect

smart-assed^US

smart-arsed^UK

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

too big for your boots

too big for your breeches

throwing one's weight around

uncivilized^US

throwing one's weight about

putting on airs

not backwards in coming forwards

uncivilised^UK

ill-humored^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

libellous^UK

libelous^US

rubbing the wrong way

lacking in social graces

not afraid to call a spade a spade

politically incorrect

speaking as one finds

ironic

acetose

not on speaking terms

calling a spade a spade

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

ill-favored^US

unfavorable^US

minimising^UK

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

aspersing

fault-finding

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“He is audacious, showing such wilful disrespect to the past that one wonders if it ever existed!”

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Showing or feeling strong dislike or disrespect

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

libellous^UK

libelous^US

too big for your boots

unfavorable^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

dishonoring^US

too big for your breeches

honourable^UK

honorable^US

politically incorrect

libeling^US

libelling^UK

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

throwing one's weight around

pleased with yourself

unreserved

full of hot air

in love with oneself

too big for your britches

think too highly of oneself

think a lot of oneself

self-approving

goody-goody

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

offensively self-assertive

blowing one's own horn

wrapped up in oneself

throwing one's weight about

phony^US

phoney^UK

smart-assed^US

throwing weight around

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

think one is the cat's pyjamas

not backwards in coming forwards

smart-arsed^UK

blowing one's own trumpet

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

flushed with success

like the cat that's got the cream

of preconceived ideas

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Blatantly obvious or conspicuous

as plain as a pikestaff

sticking out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

staring someone in the face

standing out like a sore thumb

stick out like sore thumb

recognized^US

recognised^UK

written all over someone

as plain as the nose on your face

right under your nose

staring you in the face

as clear as crystal

make no bones

beyond a doubt

plain as the nose on your face

publicized^US

publicised^UK

instantly recognizable

staring one in the face

dyed-in-the-wool

point-blank

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(attributive) Feeling or exuding self-assurance

not backward in coming forward

full of get-up-and-go

full of determination

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

as tough as old boots

intensely competitive

having killer instinct

not taking no for an answer

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Ambitious or difficult to achieve

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

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Not restrained, restricted or controlled

untrammeled^US

lacking self-restraint

spreading like wildfire

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Rebellious in nature

obstinately disobedient

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

unfavorable^US

covertly narcissistic

without law and order

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

having a chip on one's shoulder

have chip on shoulder

disinclined to accept

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

as cross as two sticks

humourless^UK

humorless^US

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having got out of bed the wrong side

sombre^UK

somber^US

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Large, ambitious, or impressive in scope or scale

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Causing general outrage by a perceived offense against morality or law

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

not to be depended on

skilful^UK

skillful^US

intentionally misleading

not to be relied upon

potentially dishonest

behind someone's back

grey^UK

gray^US

contrary to the rules

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