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im·pu·dent

(ĭm′pyə-dənt)

adj.

1. Offensively bold or disrespectful; insolent or impertinent. See Synonyms at shameless.

2. Obsolete Immodest.

[Middle English, from Latin impudēns, impudent- : in-, not; see in-¹ + pudēns, present participle of pudēre, to be ashamed.]

im′pu·dent·ly adv.

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Adv.

impudently - in an impudent or impertinent manner; "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently"

impertinently, pertly, saucily, freshly

Translations

بِوقاحَه، بِصَفاقَه

nestoudně

fræktuforskammet

unverschämt

effrontément

á ósvífinn hátt

impudentemente

bezočivo

arsızlıklayüzsüzlükle

无礼地

impudently

[ˈɪmpjʊdəntlɪ] ADV → descaradamente, insolentemente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

impudently

[ˈɪmpjʊd/əntlɪ] adv → impertinentemente, impudentemente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

impudent

(ˈimpjudənt) adjective

rude; disrespectful. an impudent child/suggestion.

ˈimpudently adverb

ˈimpudence noun

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In plain terms, he was an incorrigible scoundrel; and he had now added one more to the list of his many misdemeanors by impudently breaking the conditions on which Mrs.

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only a small cockatoo that twisted his head impudently and sidewise at him and repeated, "Cocky."

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He was indeed a thoughtless, giddy youth, with little sobriety in his manners, and less in his countenance; and would often very impudently and indecently laugh at his companion for his serious behaviour.

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Even down to my birth-century that poison was still in the blood of Christendom, and the best of English com- moners was still content to see his inferiors impudently continuing to hold a number of positions, such as lord- ships and the throne, to which the grotesque laws of his country did not allow him to aspire; in fact, he was not merely contented with this strange condition of things, he was even able to persuade himself that he was proud of it.

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I have perused several books of travels with great delight in my younger days; but having since gone over most parts of the globe, and been able to contradict many fabulous accounts from my own observation, it has given me a great disgust against this part of reading, and some indignation to see the credulity of mankind so impudently abused.

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Eric, I say, noticed the beggar-man grinning at him rather impudently, and turned toward him sharply.

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"I regret infinitely to tell you, my lord, that you are mistaken," replied the Gascon, impudently, firm to the promise he had just made to Anne of Austria.

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The hussies were got up to resemble the music-hall artiste or the dancer who enjoyed notoriety at the moment; their eyes were heavy with black and their cheeks impudently scarlet.

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"See here, Kleaver; you make me tired," said a saucepan, strutting before the King very impudently. "You're about the worst King that ever reigned in Utensia, and that's saying a good deal.

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We went on through the trees toward the caves--an excited and disorderly mob that drove before it to their holes all the small life of the forest, and that set the blue-jays screaming impudently. Now that there was no immediate danger, Long-Lip waited for his grand-father, Marrow-Bone; and with the gap of a generation between them, the old fellow and the youth brought up our rear.

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"You give 'm musket belong me," he said impudently.

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Seeders had finished his weakfish he got up, put his arm around Tildy's waist, kissed her loudly and impudently, walked out upon the street, snapped his fingers in the direction of the laundry, and hied himself to play pennies in the slot machines at the Amusement Arcade.