The meaning of Cheeky?

Question

If a girl said to a boy "You are cheeky" she meant to blame him? What does Cheeky mean? Is it a good word or a bad word?

Answer 1

Arabic: وَقِح

Chinese (Simplified): 厚脸皮的

Chinese (Traditional): 厚臉皮的

Czech: drzý

Danish: fræk; flabet

Dutch: brutaal

Estonian: nipsakas

Finnish: nenäkäs

French: effronté

German: frech

Greek: αυθάδης

Hungarian: pimasz

Icelandic: ósvífinn

Indonesian: lancang

Italian: sfrontato



Japanese: 生意気な

Korean: 뻔뻔스러운

Latvian: nekaunīgs

Lithuanian: įžūlus

Norwegian: frekk, uforskammet, nebbet

Polish: bezczelny

Portuguese (Brazil): atrevido

Portuguese (Portugal): atrevido

Romanian: obraznic

Russian: нахальный

Slovak: drzý

Slovenian: nesramen

Spanish: descarado, fresco

Swedish: fräck

Turkish: küstah, edepsiz, saygısız

Answer 2

It means sassy, or a bit rude.  

Answer 3

It depends how it's said. Like Dan M says it can be used to mean rude/ disrespectful but more often it's used to mean someone who is charming or amusing but slightly wrong.

Unless the person said "you are cheeky" angrily I'd take it to be a good thing.

Answer 4

cheeky  

Cheeky is a word used by english people like myself. 1. it is a word used to describe someone who does something or says something sort of disrespectful and sometimes rude, but says it in a cunning way. 2. can also be used in a more serious way i.e if you found out that one of your friends has been talking behind your back, you might say that she is a "cheeky *****"

1. student says: miss, i like your sweat patches, i think they look nice against that lovely brown dress you are wearing today...

Teacher says: "dont be so cheeky"