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- Dictionaryinsolent/ˈɪnsələnt/
adjective
- 1. showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect: "she hated the insolent tone of his voice"
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us / ˈɪn·sə·lənt /. Add to word list. (of a person or a person’s behavior) intentionally and rudely showing no respect: Students were often inattentive, sometimes even insolent, and showed relatively little interest in their work.
The meaning of INSOLENT is insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct : overbearing. How to use insolent in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Insolent.
Someone who's insolent is either really doing her own thing, even if it goes against what everyone else is doing, or she’s mildly disrespectful.
If you say that someone is being insolent, you mean they are being rude to someone they ought to be respectful to.
us / ˈɪn·sə·lənt /. Add to word list. (of a person or a person’s behavior) intentionally and rudely showing no respect: Students were often inattentive, sometimes even insolent, and showed relatively little interest in their work.
1. Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent. 2. Archaic Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant. [Middle English, from Latin īnsolēns, īnsolent-, immoderate, arrogant : in-, not; see in-1 + solēns, present participle of solēre, to be accustomed.] in′so·lence (-ləns) n. in′so·lent·ly adv.
Insolent definition: boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting. See examples of INSOLENT used in a sentence.
insolent. adjective. /ˈɪnsələnt/ extremely rude and showing a lack of respect. an insolent child/smile. His tone was insolent.
Insolent definition: Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent.
adjective. formal uk / ˈɪns ə lənt / us. Add to word list. rude and not showing respect: an insolent reply. insolence. noun [ U ] uk / ˈɪns ə ləns / us. insolently. adverb. (Definition of insolent from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of insolent. in Chinese (Traditional) 無禮的，侮慢的… See more.
