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insolent
insolentabrasive; arrogant; brazenly impudent; impertinent
Not to be confused with:indolent – not inclined to exert oneself, slothful; conducive to laziness, languorous
insolentpresumptuous; arrogant; impertinent: His insolent remarks were not well received.
Not to be confused with:insolate – expose to the sun’s raysinsulate – protect from heat or electricityin·so·lent I0165100 (ĭn′sə-lənt)adj.1. Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent.2. Archaic Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.
[Middle English, from Latin īnsolēns, īnsolent-, immoderate, arrogant : in-, not; see in-1 + solēns, present participle of solēre, to be accustomed.]
in′so·lence (-ləns) n.in′so·lent·ly adv.insolent (ˈɪnsələnt) adjoffensive, impudent, or disrespectful[C14: from Latin insolens, from in-1 + solēre to be accustomed] ˈinsolence n ˈinsolently advin•so•lent (ˈɪn sə lənt)
adj. 1. boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent. n. 2. an insolent person. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin insolēns unaccustomed, immoderate, haughty =in- in-3 + solēns, present participle of solēre to be accustomed] in′so•lence, n. in′so•lent•ly, adv. syn: See impertinent. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | insolent - marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"flip, impudent, snotty-noseddisrespectful - 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 Russellbrazen, brazen-faced, audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassyunashamed - used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame |
insolentadjective rude, cheeky, impertinent, fresh (informal), bold, insulting, abusive, saucy, contemptuous, pert, impudent, uncivil, insubordinate, brazen-faced Don't be insolent with me, young lady!
respectful, civil, mannerly, polite, courteous, submissive, deferentialinsolentadjective1. Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance:arrogant, haughty, high-and-mighty, lofty, lordly, overbearing, overweening, prideful, proud, supercilious, superior.Idiom: on one's high horse.2. Rude and disrespectful:assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart.Informal: brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity.Slang: wise.Translationsinsolent (ˈinsələnt) adjective (of a person or his behaviour) insulting or offensive. an insolent stare/remark. (人或其行為)侮辱的 （人或其行为）无礼的 ˈinsolently adverb 侮辱地 傲慢地ˈinsolence noun 侮辱 傲慢insolent
Related to insolent: impertinentSynonyms for insolentadj rudeSynonyms- rude
- cheeky
- impertinent
- fresh
- bold
- insulting
- abusive
- saucy
- contemptuous
- pert
- impudent
- uncivil
- insubordinate
- brazen-faced
Antonyms- respectful
- civil
- mannerly
- polite
- courteous
- submissive
- deferential
Synonyms for insolentadj overly convinced of one's own superiority and importanceSynonyms- arrogant
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- lofty
- lordly
- overbearing
- overweening
- prideful
- proud
- supercilious
- superior
adj rude and disrespectfulSynonyms- assuming
- assumptive
- audacious
- bold
- boldfaced
- brash
- brazen
- cheeky
- contumelious
- familiar
- forward
- impertinent
- impudent
- malapert
- nervy
- overconfident
- pert
- presuming
- presumptuous
- pushy
- sassy
- saucy
- smart
- brassy
- flip
- fresh
- smart-alecky
- snippety
- snippy
- uppish
- uppity
- wise
Synonyms for insolentadj marked by casual disrespectSynonymsRelated Wordsadj unrestrained by convention or proprietySynonyms- brazen
- brazen-faced
- audacious
- bald-faced
- barefaced
- bodacious
- brassy
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