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 insolent insolent /ˈɪnsələnt/

adjective

  1. () Marked by casual disrespect  ( flip , snotty-nosed , impudent , insolent )
    marked by casual disrespect
     A flip answer to serious question
    a flip answer to serious question
     The student was kept in for impudent behavior
    the student was kept in for impudent behavior
  2. () Unrestrained by convention or propriety  ( audacious , bald-faced , barefaced , bodacious [Informal, N. American] , brassy , brazen , brazen-faced , insolent )
    unrestrained by convention or propriety
     An audacious trick to pull
    an audacious trick to pull
     A barefaced hypocrite
    a barefaced hypocrite
     The most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim
    the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim
     Bald-faced lies
    bald-faced lies
     Brazen arrogance
    brazen arrogance
     The modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress
    the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress