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insolence
in·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.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | insolence - the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take libertiescheekiness, impertinence, impudence, crust, freshness, gallrudeness, discourtesy - a manner that is rude and insultingchutzpa, chutzpah, hutzpah - (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity | | 2. | insolence - an offensive disrespectful impudent actoffense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offence - a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others |
insolencenoun rudeness, cheek (informal), disrespect, front, abuse, sauce (informal), gall (informal), audacity, boldness, chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. informal), insubordination, impertinence, impudence, effrontery, backchat (informal), incivility, sassiness (U.S. informal), pertness, contemptuousness The most frequent reason for excluding a pupil was insolence.
respect, esteem, deference, courtesy, submission, politeness, civility, mannerlinessinsolencenoun1. The quality of being arrogant:arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, loftiness, lordliness, overbearingness, presumption, pride, pridefulness, proudness, superciliousness, superiority.2. The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident:assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness.Informal: brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness.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insolence
Synonyms for insolencenoun rudenessSynonyms- rudeness
- cheek
- disrespect
- front
- abuse
- sauce
- gall
- audacity
- boldness
- chutzpah
- insubordination
- impertinence
- impudence
- effrontery
- backchat
- incivility
- sassiness
- pertness
- contemptuousness
Antonyms- respect
- esteem
- deference
- courtesy
- submission
- politeness
- civility
- mannerliness
Synonyms for insolencenoun the quality of being arrogantSynonyms- arrogance
- haughtiness
- hauteur
- loftiness
- lordliness
- overbearingness
- presumption
- pride
- pridefulness
- proudness
- superciliousness
- superiority
noun the state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confidentSynonyms- assumption
- audaciousness
- audacity
- boldness
- brashness
- brazenness
- cheek
- cheekiness
- chutzpah
- discourtesy
- disrespect
- effrontery
- face
- familiarity
- forwardness
- gall
- impertinence
- impudence
- impudency
- incivility
- nerve
- nerviness
- overconfidence
- pertness
- presumptuousness
- pushiness
- rudeness
- sassiness
- sauciness
- brass
- crust
- sauce
- uppishness
- uppityness
Synonyms for insolencenoun the trait of being rude and impertinentSynonyms- cheekiness
- impertinence
- impudence
- crust
- freshness
- gall
Related Words- rudeness
- discourtesy
- chutzpa
- chutzpah
- hutzpah
noun an offensive disrespectful impudent actRelated Words- offense
- offensive activity
- discourtesy
- offence
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