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Definition of insolent in English: insolentadjective ˈɪns(ə)l(ə)ntˈɪnsələnt Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect. she hated the insolent tone of his voice Example sentencesExamples - Beware of an insolent person who is destructive and selfish.
- The most careless and trivial movements were capable of transmitting the rudest and most insolent messages.
- Has any country ever had a more arrogant, insolent, contemptuous leader than we have?
- There was a slightly insolent tone to his voice, as if he wasn't used to actually being ordered around.
- This shows how Kate has a mistaken identity because she appears rude and insolent.
- Ours must be that first painful step of open and courageous defiance against an arrogant and insolent tyranny.
- I did this deliberately because I have two stepdaughters who treat me in a very insolent manner and will inherit from their mother.
- I keep this in mind when I tell the hotel people how insolent and useless and above all stupid they are for giving me such a stupid and smelly room.
- Gossips themselves are classified with people who are slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful.
- He went out of his way to be just as impolite and insolent as he could be.
- But in the Sixties, as some of us know, wearing modish flat shoes could be as much an act of insolent opposition as a fashion statement.
- Only very insolent children can breach such a contract.
- There is no privilege here, no escape from the insolent booth attendants, the ceaseless demands of the homeless, and the pungent overcrowding.
- A few dozen insolent soldiers were watching every move he made today and he had gotten painful lessons earlier that morning.
- One should not be arrogant or insolent but rather be kind, considerate and courteous towards them.
- Rampant fanaticism and tawdry, insolent antics only hurt the feminist cause.
- Indifferent, insolent, squally weather put a bit of a damper on the festive and cultural activities over the bank holiday weekend.
- Why does she treat me like I am a spoilt child who is rude and insolent even when I am quite clearly not?
- It can only suffer economic loss which cannot be aggravated by the insulting or insolent behaviour of the defendant.
- The very stylish decor and layout could unfortunately not make up for the very expensive bar prices and the rude and insolent staff.
Synonyms impertinent, impudent, cheeky, ill-mannered, bad mannered, unmannerly, rude, impolite, uncivil, lacking civility, discourteous, disrespectful, insubordinate, contemptuous, presumptuous audacious, bold, brazen, brash, pert, forward insulting, abusive, offensive informal fresh, flip, cocky, lippy British informal saucy North American informal sassy, nervy archaic contumelious, malapert rare mannerless
Derivatives adverb ˈɪns(ə)l(ə)ntli ‘I think I know what I said,’ I told Darrin insolently. Example sentencesExamples - He is a courtier dancing attendance upon these rare, insolently superior creatures, a fabulist constructing elliptical tales of their strange adventures beyond the pleasure principle.
- Confronted by her tears, he insolently told her, ‘Argentine women don't cry.’
- These were just moments - a good goal insolently scored, a sudden athletic run from a time when athleticism was still effortlessly his.
- Nevertheless, there's enough sharp-eyed social observation and insolently dark humour on display to make the series distinctive and distinctively Irish.
Origin Late Middle English (also in the sense 'extravagant, going beyond acceptable limits'): from Latin insolent- 'immoderate, unaccustomed, arrogant', from in- 'not' + solent- 'being accustomed' (from the verb solere). Early uses included the sense ‘extravagant, going beyond acceptable limits’. Insolent comes from Latin insolent- meaning ‘immoderate, unaccustomed, arrogant’ formed from solere ‘be accustomed’.
Definition of insolent in US English: insolentadjectiveˈinsələntˈɪnsələnt Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect. she hated the insolent tone of his voice Example sentencesExamples - I keep this in mind when I tell the hotel people how insolent and useless and above all stupid they are for giving me such a stupid and smelly room.
- Indifferent, insolent, squally weather put a bit of a damper on the festive and cultural activities over the bank holiday weekend.
- Beware of an insolent person who is destructive and selfish.
- Has any country ever had a more arrogant, insolent, contemptuous leader than we have?
- The very stylish decor and layout could unfortunately not make up for the very expensive bar prices and the rude and insolent staff.
- There was a slightly insolent tone to his voice, as if he wasn't used to actually being ordered around.
- Gossips themselves are classified with people who are slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful.
- Why does she treat me like I am a spoilt child who is rude and insolent even when I am quite clearly not?
- It can only suffer economic loss which cannot be aggravated by the insulting or insolent behaviour of the defendant.
- One should not be arrogant or insolent but rather be kind, considerate and courteous towards them.
- There is no privilege here, no escape from the insolent booth attendants, the ceaseless demands of the homeless, and the pungent overcrowding.
- He went out of his way to be just as impolite and insolent as he could be.
- Rampant fanaticism and tawdry, insolent antics only hurt the feminist cause.
- I did this deliberately because I have two stepdaughters who treat me in a very insolent manner and will inherit from their mother.
- This shows how Kate has a mistaken identity because she appears rude and insolent.
- A few dozen insolent soldiers were watching every move he made today and he had gotten painful lessons earlier that morning.
- The most careless and trivial movements were capable of transmitting the rudest and most insolent messages.
- Only very insolent children can breach such a contract.
- Ours must be that first painful step of open and courageous defiance against an arrogant and insolent tyranny.
- But in the Sixties, as some of us know, wearing modish flat shoes could be as much an act of insolent opposition as a fashion statement.
Synonyms impertinent, impudent, cheeky, ill-mannered, bad mannered, unmannerly, rude, impolite, uncivil, lacking civility, discourteous, disrespectful, insubordinate, contemptuous, presumptuous
Origin Late Middle English (also in the sense ‘extravagant, going beyond acceptable limits’): from Latin insolent- ‘immoderate, unaccustomed, arrogant’, from in- ‘not’ + solent- ‘being accustomed’ (from the verb solere). |