insolent | ||
1. | [ adjective ] marked by casual disrespect | |
Synonyms: | impudent flip snotty-nosed | |
Examples: | "a flip answer to serious question" "the student was kept in for impudent behavior" |
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Related terms: | disrespectful | |
2. | [ adjective ] unrestrained by convention or propriety | |
Synonyms: | brazen barefaced bold-faced brassy bodacious brazen-faced audacious | |
Examples: | "an audacious trick to pull" "a barefaced hypocrite" "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times "bold-faced lies" "brazen arrogance" |
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Related terms: | unashamed | |
Similar spelling: |
insolently insole insolvent insoluble insolence inclement insolvable insolate inkle Ingle Insley Ingles insolvency insolation inoculant in_color |