Chutzpah

Etymology
Originated 1890–95 from חוצפּה:, from Mishnaic  חצפה:, from חצף:.

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1)  Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion;
 * 2) * 22/01/2007, The Times, Modern Manners
 * If the service is rotten and the meal a disaster, we should withhold a tip and explain why we are doing so. Few of us have the chutzpah to do this.

Derived terms

 * chutzpadik

Thesaurus
backbone, bottom, brashness, brass, brazen boldness, cheek, crust, face, gall, grit, guts, gutsiness, guttiness, heart, heart of oak, heroics, hubris, improvidence, imprudence, impudence, indiscretion, injudiciousness, insolence, intestinal fortitude, mettle, nerve, overboldness, overcarelessness, overconfidence, oversureness, overweeningness, pith, pluck, rashness, spirit, spunk, stamina, stout heart, temerariousness, temerity, toughness, unchariness, unwariness

Translations

 * Bulgarian: безсрамие, нахалство
 * Czech: voprsklost
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Macedonian:, дрскост
 * Russian: наглость, нахальство
 * Serbian: дрскост, дрчност
 * Spanish:
 * Yiddish: חוצפּה