Definition of Insolent

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Insolent

Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.

Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant.

Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior.

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Insolent Quotations

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
Homer

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.
Jose Saramago

It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.
Robert Walpole

It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.
Junius

Insolent Translations

insolent in Italian is sfacciato, insolente
insolent in Latin is impudens
insolent in Norwegian is uforskammet
insolent in Spanish is deslenguado, procaz

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