Definitions for insolent
ˈɪn sə ləntin·so·lent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flipadjective

   marked by casual disrespect

   "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"

2. audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolentadjective

   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

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. insolentadjective

   insulting in manner or words

2. insolentadjective

   rude

3. insolentadjective

   cheeky

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Insolentadjective

   Contemptuous of others; haughty; overbearing.

   Etymology: insolent, Fr. insolens, Latin.

   We have not pillaged those rich provinces which we rescued: victory itself hath not made us insolent masters. Francis Atterbury.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insolent

   Insolent refers to someone who is showing a rude or arrogant lack of respect. This person can be bold, disrespectful, or contemptuous, often making offensive remarks or displaying an offensive attitude.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Insolentadjective

   deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual

2. Insolentadjective

   haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant

3. Insolentadjective

   proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Insolent

   in′so-lent, adj. overbearing: insulting: rude.—n. In′solence.—adv. In′solently. [O. Fr.,—L. insolens—in, not, solens, pa.p. of solēre, to be wont.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of insolent in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of insolent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of insolent in a Sentence

1. M Aurelius:

   Consider, and you will find that almost all the transactions of the time of Vespasian differed little from those of the present day. You there find marrying and giving in marriage, educating children, sickness, death, war, joyous holidays, traffic, agriculture, flatterers, insolent pride, suspicions, laying of plots, longing for the death of others, newsmongers, lovers, misers, men canvassing for consulship?yet all these passed away, and are nowhere.

2. Sergey Lavrov:

   Kyiv is becoming increasingly insolent in its aggressiveness towards the Minsk agreements, the Russian Federation, and in its attempts to provoke the West to support its military ambitions.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=insolent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Insolent
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=insolent
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insolent
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=insolent