German-English translations for dreist

brasha brash young businessman; a brash tabloid; a brash sense of humourbrash colours; a brash perfume
audaciousHowever this is just an audacious way of pre-empting a political decision. Das ist aber eine dreiste Vorwegnahme einer politischen Entscheidung. Milosevic is audacious, but the West is too timid, and incapable of putting an end to his activities. Milosevic ist dreist, aber der Westen ist zu ängstlich und unfähig, seinem Treiben ein Ende zu setzen.

bold
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Bold deeds win admiration and, sometimes, medalsthe painters bold use of colour and outlineThe last word of this sentence is bold
brazen
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So brazen was his killer, that passers-by mistook the bullets for firecrackers. So dreist war sein Mörder, dass Passanten die Schüsse für Knallkörper hielten. There is yet another way in which Damascus is brazenly flouting resolution 1559. Noch auf andere Weise setzt sich Damaskus dreist über Resolution 1559 hinweg. On the other hand, it is not the first time we have discussed the brazen and inadmissible conduct of the Burmese regime. Andererseits ist es nicht das erste Mal, dass wir über das dreiste und unzulässige Verhalten des birmesischen Regimes sprechen.
cheekyI could of course be cheeky, Mr Fatuzzo, and ask what your reply to your pizza seller was! Ich könnte Ihnen, Herr Kollege, nun allerdings die dreiste Frage stellen, was Sie Ihrem Pizzabäcker denn geantwortet haben. Acting in the way she has done - and I am being cheeky here - she is acting in the most European of ways. Sie hat wahrhaft europäisch gehandelt, auch wenn das aus meinem Munde etwas dreist klingen mag.
forward
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The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleetThe stock price is currently 12 times forward earnings.
impudent
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The impudent children would not stop talking in class.
insolent

irreverentan irreverent new workan irreverent examination of reviewing
mischievous
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Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.
naughty
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Some naughty boys at school hid the teachers lesson notes.I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.If I see you send another naughty email to your friends, you will be forbidden from using the computer!
overconfident
uppity