Overbearing vs Cheeky - What's the difference?
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(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
* 1899 , , Stalky & Co. , chaper 4:
* 1909 , , The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England , chaper 7:
Overbearing is a related term of cheeky.
As adjectives the difference between overbearing and cheeky
is that overbearing is overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant while cheeky is (informal) impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.overbearing
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Synonyms
* demanding, dictatorial, dominant, haughty, high-handed * See also * See alsoDerived terms
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* * *cheeky
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Adjective
(er)- "Shut up," said Harrison. "You chaps always behave as if you were jawin' us when we come to jaw you."
- "You're a lot too cheeky ," said Craye.
- The Young Turks, as might have been expected, wrote in their customary flippant, cheeky style.