INSOLENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does insolent mean? • INSOLENT (adjective)
The adjective INSOLENT has 2 senses:
1. marked by casual disrespect
2. unrestrained by convention or propriety
Familiarity information: INSOLENT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INSOLENT (adjective)
Meaning:
Marked by casual disrespect
Synonyms:
flip; impudent; insolent; snotty-nosed
Context examples:
a flip answer to serious question / the student was kept in for impudent behavior
Similar:
disrespectful (exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous)
Meaning:
Unrestrained by convention or propriety
Synonyms:
brazen-faced; brazen; insolent; audacious; bodacious; barefaced; bald-faced; brassy
Context examples:
an audacious trick to pull / a barefaced hypocrite / the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim / bald-faced lies / brazen arrogance / the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress
Similar:
unashamed (used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame)
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