- procacious
- pro·ca·cious
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procacious
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Procacious — Pro*ca cious, a. [L. procax, acis, fr. procare to ask, demand.] Pert; petulant; forward; saucy. [R.] Barrow. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
procacious — index bumptious, impertinent (insolent), insolent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
procacious — adjective /prəˈkeɪʃəs/ bold, forward, insolent , 1974: Philosophy first became public when it proposed to teach character to this strapping lout with a procacious cock, the superfluous energy of a horse, and the restless attention of a child Guy… … Wiktionary
procacious — a. insolent. ♦ procacity n … Dictionary of difficult words
procacious — … Useful english dictionary
impertinent — I (insolent) adjective abusive, arrogant, assuming, audacious, bellicose, bold, brash, brazen, cavalier, churlish, coarse, contempt, contemptuous, contumacious, contumelious, defiant, derisive, discourteous, disdainful, disrespectful, flippant,… … Law dictionary
bumptious — I adjective audacious, contumelious, forward, obtrusive, procacious II index contemptuous, disdainful, inflated (vain), insolent … Law dictionary
insolent — I adjective abusive, arrogant, assuming, audacious, bellicose, bold, brazen, bumptious, contemptuous, contumacious, contumax, contumelious, defiant, derisive, discourteous, disdainful, disobedient, disobliging, disregardful, disrespectful,… … Law dictionary
arrogant — Synonyms and related words: absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, affected, arbitrary, aristocratic, artificial, assuming, assured, audacious, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, big, bloated, boastful, bold, bossy, brash, brassy, brazen,… … Moby Thesaurus
audacious — Synonyms and related words: adventuresome, adventurous, arrogant, bold, brash, brassy, brave, brazen, bumptious, careless, challenging, cheeky, cocky, cold, confident, contemptuous, contumelious, cool, courageous, daredevil, daring, dauntless,… … Moby Thesaurus
