contemptuous; rude; arrogant
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Insolent Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Insolent Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior.
Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior.
(a.)
Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant.
Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant.
(a.)
Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutDeviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.
insolent
\in"so*lent\ (?), a. [f. insolent, l. insolens, -entis, pref. in- not + solens accustomed, p. pr. of solere to be accustomed.]
1. deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual. [obs.] if one chance to derive any word from the latin which is insolent to their ears they forth with make a jest at it. --pettie. if any should accuse me of being new or insolent.
2. haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant. "a paltry, insolent fellow." insolent is he that despiseth in his judgment all other folks as in regard of his value, of his cunning, of his speaking, and of his bearing. can you not see? or will ye not observe how insolent of late he is become, how proud, how peremptory?
3. proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior. their insolent triumph excited indignation.
Impudent.
Adjective
1. marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
(synonym) impudent, snotty-nosed, flip
(similar) disrespectful
2. unrestrained by convention or propriety; "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"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
(synonym) audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bold-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced
(similar) unashamed
Insolent Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Insolence is a nu metal band which was formed in San Jose, California in 1995. They also use rap, reggae, and hardcore in their music. They put out two major label records Revolution on Maverick Records and Stand Strong on Warner Bros. Records. The band's latest studio album Project Konflict was released on November 3, 2010.
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