Insolent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.
  • adj. Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Insulting in manner or words.
  • adj. Rude.
  • adj. Cheeky.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.
  • adj. Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy
  • adj. Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Unwonted; unusual; uncommon.
  • Showing haughty disregard of others; overbearing; contemptuously impertinent.
  • Proceeding from insolence; insulting; supercilious: as, insolent words or behavior.
  • Producing the effect of insolence; excessive; unbearable.
  • Unfrequented; lonely.
  • Synonyms and Insolent, Insulting; abusive, impudent, contemptuous. Insolent is now chiefly used of language that is intentionally and grossly rude, defiant, or rebellious. Where it applies to conduct, the conduct includes language as the most offensive thing. Insulting is freely applicable to either words or deeds that are intended to lower a person's self-respect: as, an insulting gesture. Insolent generally implies pride, but insulting does not. A man may be insolent or insulting to his superior, his inferior, or his equal. See arrogance and affront, n.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by casual disrespect
  • adj. unrestrained by convention or propriety
  • Equivalent
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    overbearing    rude    impudent    abusive    insulting    offensive    opprobrious    audacious    impertinent    pert   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    arrogant    impudent    wicked    contemptuous    reckless    foolish    ungrateful    malicious    cynical    stubborn