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1. (adj.) insolent
boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent.
2. (n.) insolent
an insolent person.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L insolēns unaccustomed, immoderate, haughty =in-in-3+solēns, prp. of solēre to be accustomed)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip
marked by casual disrespect
"a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
2. (adj) audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, 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
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| Definition of 'Insolent' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Insolent
deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual
2. (adj) Insolent
haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant
3. (adj) Insolent
proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior
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Sense: (of a person or his behaviour) insulting or offensive
an insolent stare/remark.
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 Afrikaans: parmantig |
 Arabic: وَقِح، مُهين |
 Bulgarian: нахален |
 Brazilian: insolente |
 Czech: drzý |
 German: unverschämt |
 Danish: uforskammet |
 Greek: αναιδής, προσβλητικός |
 Spanish: insolente |
 Estonian: ülbe |
 Farsi: وقیح؛ گستاخانه |
 Finnish: röyhkeä |
 French: insolent |
 Hebrew: חָצוּף |
 Hindi: धृष्ट, गुस्ताख |
 Croatian: drzak |
 Hungarian: sértő |
 Indonesian: lancang, kurang ajar |
 Icelandic: ósvífinn |
 Italian: insolente |
 Japanese: 無礼な |
 Korean: 오만한 |
 Lithuanian: užgaulus |
 Latvian: nekaunīgs; apvainojošs |
 Malay: biadab |
 Dutch: brutaal |
 Norwegian: frekk, uforskammet |
 Polish: bezczelny |
 Persian: وقیح؛ گستاخانه |
 Pashto: بدغونى، سپك خولى، سپين ست |
 Portuguese: insolente |
 Romanian: insolent, impertinent |
 Russian: нахальный |
 Slovak: urážlivý, bezočivý |
 Slovenian: nesramen |
 Serbian: uvredljiv |
 Swedish: oförskämd, fräck |
 Thai: อวดดี |
 Turkish: küstah |
 Taiwanese: (人或其行為)侮辱的 |
 Ukrainian: зухвалий, нахабний |
 Urdu: گستاخ |
 Vietnamese: láo xược |
 Chinese: （人或其行为）无礼的 |
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