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insolent

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in·so·lent  (ns-lnt)
adj.
1. Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.
2. Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent.

[Middle English, from Latin nsolns, nsolent-, immoderate, arrogant : in-, not; see in-1 + solns, present participle of solre, to be accustomed.]

inso·lent n.
inso·lent·ly adv.

insolent
Adjective
rude and disrespectful [Latin in- not + solere to be accustomed]
insolence n
insolently adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.insolent - marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
disrespectful - exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher"
2.insolent - unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
unashamed - used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame

insolent
adjective rude, cheeky, impertinent, fresh (informal) bold, insulting, abusive, saucy, contemptuous, pert, impudent, uncivil, insubordinate, brazen-faced << OPPOSITE polite
Translations
Spanish insolent [ˈɪnsələnt] adjinsolente, descarado
French insolent [ˈɪnsələnt] adjinsolent(e)
German insolent [ˈɪnsələnt] insolence adjfrech, unverschämt
Italian insolent [ˈɪnsələnt] adjinsolente

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" he cried; "how dare you look at me in that insolent way.
The ignorant English mind (I have observed) is apt to be insolent in the exercise of unrestrained English liberty.
There is exquisite pleasure in subduing an insolent spirit, in making a person predetermined to dislike acknowledge one's superiority.
 
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