| 单词 | impudent |
| 释义 | impudent (once / 630 pages) adj An impudent person is bold, sassy, and shameless. If you want to get into a fancy nightclub and you tell the bouncer, “Let me in, I’m much more beautiful than all these ugly losers in line,” that’s impudent behavior. Impudent comes from the Latin combination of im, meaning without, and pudens, meaning shame. We often call someone impudent if they’re disrespectful, snotty, or inappropriate in a way that makes someone feel bad. If you know someone has just lost all their money on the stock market, don’t be impudent and ask them how they’re going to afford gas money for their yacht. WORD FAMILYimpudent: impudence, impudenter, impudentest, impudently+/impudence: impudences USAGE EXAMPLESAs she fought her way with impudent resolve to the front of the melee, Mariam wished she had been a better daughter to Nana. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) “Impudent behavior toward Russia” has a “nuclear dimension,” he warned ominously on Oct. Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) She responded, coolly, on Twitter, in what felt like a mother dismissing an impudent child. New York Times(Oct 19, 2016) 1adj improperly forward or bold an impudent boy given to insulting strangers Syn fresh, impertinent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise forward used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty 2adj marked by casual disrespect the student was kept in for impudent behavior Syn flip, insolent, snotty-nosed disrespectful exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous |
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