shamelessness

noun

Definition of shamelessnessnext
as in audacity

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  1. audacity
  2. disrespect
  3. impudence
  4. insolence
  5. diss
  6. discourtesy
  7. vulgarity
  8. rudeness
Noun
  • The audacity of the finale comes from writer Noah Hawley and director Thomas Bezucha’s willingness to just let the last scene play out with consummate patience over nearly 20 minutes of building suspense, humor and philosophical intrigue.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Head has essentially fronted up in the two latest ICC tournaments with incredible audacity to keep India’s trophy cabinet bare until June’s World T20 final thriller against South Africa finally gave Rohit some respite from the bridesmaids tag.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of audacity
Noun
  • No disrespect to the American blue line, but the drop-off after Buium is wider for USA.
    The Athletic NHL Staff, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • No disrespect to my fellow writer Tom Scocca, but LEDs have gotten pretty great.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of disrespect
Noun
  • Such calls for regulatory actions against short sellers are all based on the assumption that short selling is nefarious — that daring to take a negative view of a company’s stock is tantamount to market manipulation, especially if the short sellers have the impudence to publicize their viewpoint.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • For many enslaved people, a mistress’s complaint of impudence could end in a beating.
    Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
Definition of impudence
Noun
  • Still, the similarities are felt, stylistically and technically, in the collage-like form and the free manipulation of archival images—and, above all, in a shared sense of audacious yet exquisite aestheticism yoked to a strain of refined, resolute insolence.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
  • And despite Aegon’s insolence, neither Criston nor Aemond could have predicted that the king would show up to the fight drunk on dragonback before Aemond can arrive.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 7 July 2024
Definition of insolence
Noun
  • Drake and Lamar then began trading diss tracks which included increasingly dramatic accusations.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The filings mark an unprecedented escalation of the two musicians’ ongoing beef, which exploded into the court of public opinion in the spring when Drake and Lamar began lobbing rapid-fire diss and response tracks at one another.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of diss
Noun
  • At least seven different civilian complaints have been lodged against the sergeant, alleging excessive force, discourtesy and abuse of authority.
    Shayla Colon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Henderson then accused her of discourtesy and ordered her transferred to the 73rd Precinct then back to the 79th Precinct in one day.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
Definition of discourtesy
Noun
  • Miss Manners is relieved not to be asked what to do about that vulgarity.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In short, when faced with a genuine choice between civility and decency versus vulgarity and indecency, most Americans who voted in the 2024 elections opted for the latter.
    Mordechai Gordon, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of vulgarity
Noun
  • Bad hygiene, rudeness and talking too much about exes will be the biggest no-nos.
    Analis Bailey, Axios, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Not drinking alcohol — for whatever reason — tends to trigger rudeness in people who do drink.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of rudeness
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