Cheek
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English
Noun
Cheek (plural Cheeks)- (anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.# (informal, usually in the plural) A buttock.
- (informal) Impudence.
Verb
Cheek (third-person singular simple present Cheeks, present participle Cheeking, simple past and past participle Cheeked)
- To be impudent towards.
Adjectives for Cheek
tanned; mottled; ebony; smudged; singed; painted; downy; smooth; boyish; placid; fresh; cold; sweet; firm; amiable; withered; weather-beaten; wrinkled; leathery; haggard; careworn; wizened; wasted; darkened; hollowed; cavernous; sunken; emaciated; bony; heavy; forged; rough unshaven; flabby; jelly-like; puffed; comfortable; plump; soft; sleep-flushed; icy; droopy; hard; marble; freckled; pock marked; scarred; smarting; tremulous; pendent; upturned; unresponsive; wind; freshened; consumptive; sweat-damp; infantile; peachy; delicate-rounded; high warm; transparent; wide; strong; protruding; mangy; prominent; sinister; bronzed tender; sinewy; distended; damask; blanched; dimpled; marked; veined; unworthy; straining; melting; pellucid; brown; tear-stained; mantling; placid; waning; quivering; faded; smiling; furrowed; tear-sodden; pinched; rubicund; glowing; lank; clear; pink; flaccid; swarthy; untasted; shrunken; shaded blanched; cracking; languid; bloodless emaciated; waxen; virgin; harlot; kissing; delicate; changing; inflamed; sunny white; yellow-cowslip; childish; worn proud; jutting; silver; drawn; amiable; animated; peony-colored; pinched; haggard; blooming; freshening; massive; lifeless; purplish-mottled; carmine-colored; apple-red; crimson; cherry-colored; ruddy; ruddled; flushed; burning; fat; flaming glowing; pretty; scarlet; blushing; fevered blazing; rosy; incarnadining; pale; tranquil; sallow; livid; pasty; pallid; ashen; death-like; wan; triangular; lean; sunburnt;
Verbs for Cheek
blanch —s; brighten —s; color —s; cool —s; corrugate —s; daub —s; dimple —; fan —s; flame —s; flush —s; denote—; ex—; free with—; reflect—; —comforts: hollow —; lean on —; moisten —s; paint—s; pat —; puff —s; redden —s; smite —; stain —s; stream down —; swell —s; tint —; varnish —; waste —; wrinkle — blush; — burn; — fade; — glisten glow; — hang; —pale.
Synonyms for Cheek
- (impudence): impertinence, impudence, brass neck (slang), nerve (informal), sass (informal, especially US)
Thesaurus
ass, backside, bank, beam, behind, border, bottom, brashness, brass, brazen boldness, breech, broadside, bum, butt, can, cheeks, chop, chutzpah, coast, confidence, crust, derriere, duff, face, fanny, flank, gall, hand, handedness, haunch, heroics, hip, hubris, improvidence, imprudence, impudence, indiscretion, injudiciousness, insolence, jowl, nerve, overconfidence, planking, prat, presumption, profile, quarter, rashness, rusty-dusty, shore, side, siding, stern, tail, temerity, temple, tush, unwariness
