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Definition of Chutzpah
1. Noun. (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity.
Generic synonyms: Cheekiness, Crust, Freshness, Gall, Impertinence, Impudence, Insolence
Category relationships: Yiddish
Definition of Chutzpah
1. Noun. (slang) Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion; ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chutzpah
1. supreme self-confidence [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chutzpah
Literary usage of Chutzpah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mute Vol II #4 by Mute (2006)
"chutzpah was something on offer from non-retro-situationism. I was greatly
influenced by the situationists in the late 1960s. There was a cockiness to their ..."
2. Chaparral Serendipity: Things From Under The Bushes by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"So begins chutzpah by Harvard law professor ALAN DERSHOWITZ, a book of reflections
on Jewishness in general, American Jewishness in particular, ..."
3. Destruction of a Planet: Zionism Is Racism by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1991)
"They've got chutzpah. And they are tenacious, and amazingly clever ... But most
of all, they've got chutzpah. They won't take “no” for an answer. ..."
4. Changing Perspectives by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"There is no limit to this impostor's chutzpah and temerity?] Meanwhile, the FBI's
Scott, with help from Barry and other relatives, had pieced together at ..."
5. Variations by James Huneker (1921)
"The word “chutzpah” was also used. Yet, wasn'tI right? It is the spiritual Ark
of the Covenant, the spirit of the law, and not the letter that killeth, ..."
6. The Jew in English Fiction by David Philipson (1918)
"... the " national chutzpah, which is variously translated enterprise, audacity,
brazen impudence and cheek," and other such unpleasant traits are indicated ..."
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