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insolent definition
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Overview of adj insolent The adj insolent has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip -- (marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior") 2. (1) audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bold-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent -- (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) Antonyms of adj insolent 2 senses of insolent Sense 1 impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip INDIRECT (VIA disrespectful) -> respectful Sense 2 audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bold-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent INDIRECT (VIA unashamed) -> ashamed Similarity of adj insolent 2 senses of insolent Sense 1 impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip => disrespectful (vs. respectful) Sense 2 audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bold-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent => unashamed (vs. ashamed) Attributes of adj insolent Familiarity of adj insolent insolent used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj insolent insolent Overview of adj insolent The adj insolent has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip -- (marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior") 2. (1) audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bold-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent -- (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)
insolent definition
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