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cheekish

cheekish adjective: synonym of cheeky (“impudent, impertinent”).

Adjective

cheekish (comparative more cheekish, superlative most cheekish)

  1. (dated, informal) Synonym of cheeky (“impudent, impertinent”).
    Synonyms:
    cheeky

Synonyms of cheekish

Forms of cheekish

comparativemore cheekish
superlativemost cheekish

Origin of cheekish

From cheek + -ish.

Questions about cheekish

What does cheekish mean?
Cheekish means synonym of cheeky (“impudent, impertinent”).
What part of speech is cheekish?
Cheekish is an adjective.

Words near cheekish in the dictionary

  1. cheeking it through
  2. cheeking up
  3. cheeking up to
  4. cheekini
  5. cheekinis
  6. cheekish
  7. cheekless
  8. cheeko
  9. cheeko peh
  10. cheeko pehs
  11. cheeko pek

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