chutzpah[noun]Synonyms: effrontery, brashness, brass, cheek, confidence, crust, face, gall, nerve, presumption
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
chutz‧pah /ˈhʊtspə/
noun [uncountable] informal[
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Yiddish;
Origin: Late Hebrew huspah]
a lot of confidence and courage to do something, especially something that might involve being impolite to someone in authority – used to show approval
Synonym : nerve:
It took a lot of chutzpah to talk to your boss like that. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲