Pert
[pɜːt] or [pɝt]
Definition
(a.) Open; evident; apert.
(a.) Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart.
(a.) Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
(v. i.) To behave with pertness.
Checker: Marty
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Saucy, forward, bold, impertinent, impudent, flippant.
Typist: Rosa
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Flippant, saucy, impudent, forward
ANT:Modest, retiring, bashful, demure, staid
Typist: Terrence
Definition
adj. forward: saucy: impertinent: too free in speech: (obs.) clever.—n. an impudent person.—adv. Pert′ly.—n. Pert′ness.
adj. (obs.) open: evident: plain.
Editor: Stanton
Examples
- When George was more than usually pert and conceited, the Major made jokes at him, which Mrs. Osborne thought very cruel. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- With your pert tongue you would try the patience of a Job. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- An odious, little, pert, unnatural, impudent girl. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- And serves you right, said Jane, the pert chambermaid, if you will take their money to get drunk on. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was that made me angry: and so pert: and so unkind: and so ungrateful. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A pert crooked little chit, Mr Headstone! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Stanton