fresh
- adjective
- /frɛʃ/
- Offensive
- "Well, I wouldn't condemn the event on account of one guy getting fresh," says Zirkelback.
This is Rudy Tooty, fresh and fraudulent.
- This is Rudy Tooty, fresh and fraudulent.
Examples
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I can't believe how fresh she was toward the principal during the assembly.
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- Did I ever get fresh with ya?
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"I hope somebody pops that fresh mouth of yours for you when you go off to school next year.
Fiction book (2002) -
- Venner did try to get fresh once.
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- Don't you be fresh with me.
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What are you doing while he's gone?" He wasn't being fresh; he was just being friendly.
Fiction book (1991) -
He was being quite fresh when he interrupted the teacher in class.
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When he spoke to her like that, it was really fresh and disrespectful.
Synonyms
Not polite or showing little respect for others
Rude and cheeky in what someone says
Rude and cheeky to someone in authority
Not polite to someone, for example interrupting them
Abrupt and rude in speech or behavior
Being bold and lively in a rude or cheeky way
Not showing good manners or respect to other people
Being playful and a little rude in a way that teases people
Speaking or acting in a rude, short way
Someone who shows no respect by acting or speaking boldly
Rude or too bold toward someone, sometimes playful
Very bold and rude in a way that forces people to notice
Rude and very short when speaking or acting
Rude or cheeky when talking back to people in charge
Too confident in a way that seems rude
Antonyms
- Formal
Being respectful and polite to someone because they are older or have more experience
Idioms
- Informal
Not having any left of something or having just finished something like school
Compounds
How Rude
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the rude meaning is this: fresh also came to mean 'bold' or 'forward' from the idea of being lively or new, so if someone is fresh they are being too forward or disrespectful.