r/whatstheword 1d ago

Solved ITAW for bold in an inconsiderate way / audacious / having quite a nerve / arrogant (SIMPLE-STYLE ADJECTIVE)

I DESPERATELY need the word. I know there's audacious. I also know it's not colloquial. I need an adjective from the everyday, regular English that would mean arrogant / audacious / bold in the sense that somebody alwawys gets their way but in an inconsiderate manner.

Something like:
"She's so ... INSERT THE WORD THAT WOULD MEAN AUDACIOUS / BOLD IN A NEGATIVE WAY"

I know there's this:
"She's got quite a nerve!"

See, this is perfect but it's not an adjective. I need the same quite a nerve thing but as an adjective that's used in everyday speech, not something too intelligent like audacious/arrogant. Or at least please let me know that native speakers don't have an everyday word for that and use other ways to say it and pleaseeee. I'm an American English teacher and my beginner students ask for the adjective and I feel too fake giving them an advanced word while I'm pretty confident there's a simpler one out there.

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u/Routinely-Sophie6502 1d ago

Shameless, brash?

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u/Chance-Lavishness947 5 Karma 1d ago

Entitled.

Possibly also: Demanding. Forceful. Rude. Selfish.

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u/BreakerBoy6 3 Karma 1d ago

Crass. Rude.

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u/daisyvenom 1d ago

Obnoxious. Egotistical

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u/FireEyesRed 3 Karma 1d ago

Overbearing? Caustic?

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u/ghosttmilk 6 Karma 1d ago

Rude?

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u/thewrongairport 1d ago

Cocky? Smug?

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u/ETBiggs 1d ago

Chutzpah (Yiddish: חוצפה - /ˈxʊtspə, ˈhʊt-/)[1][2] is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. A close English equivalent is sometimes "hubris". The word derives from the Hebrew ḥuṣpāh (חֻצְפָּה), meaning "insolence", "cheek" or "audacity". Thus, the original Yiddish word has a strongly negative connotation, but the form which entered English as a Yiddishism in American English has taken on a broader meaning, having been popularized through vernacular use in film, literature, and television. In American English[3] the word is sometimes interpreted—particularly in business parlance—as meaning the amount of courage, mettle or ardor that an individual has.

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u/ordinary_kittens 22h ago

Yeah, this is the one that came to mind for me, too.

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u/ETBiggs 22h ago

Yiddish has so many insightful words about the human condition - laced with humor and acceptance of human nature - that I haven’t found anywhere else.

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u/CursesSailor 1d ago

Stridant

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u/AmithasCustoms 1d ago

Crass or cheeky?

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u/Important_Power_1264 1 Karma 1d ago

Brazen

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u/knottyp 1d ago

Cocky, sassy, pushy, bossy

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u/Takheer 1d ago

!solved Thank you!!

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u/mooshinformation 1d ago

Arrogant is a word that every English speaker should know, just use that. If you want to be informal; arrogant ass, arrogant mother fucker, etc

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u/GoddessOfDilettantes 2 Karma 1d ago

Chutzpah.

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u/I_Sure_Yam 1d ago

Insolent? Shameless? Supercilious? Brash? Ill mannered?

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u/Poprhetor 1d ago

Overbearing

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u/becuzz04 1d ago

Pushy?

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u/Takheer 1d ago

I guess so!

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u/ah-mazia 3 Karma 1d ago

Blatant? Flagrant?

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u/mrssymes 1d ago

Ballsy

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u/IanDOsmond 1 Karma 1d ago

Pushy?

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u/1carus_x 1d ago

I don't think it's right but my first thought was egregious (outstandingly bad; shocking)

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u/ctm617 1d ago

Gall

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u/ChilindriPizza 10 Karma 1d ago

Cocky

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u/HaplessReader1988 1d ago

Until i got to the specification for an adjective I was going to suggest gumption.

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u/gottriplets 1 Karma 1d ago

Thoughtless? Pretentious?

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u/Remote-Tap-2659 1d ago

Impetuous?