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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impudent  \Im"pu*dent\,  a.  [L.  impudens,  -entis;  pref.  im-  not  + 
  pudens  ashamed,  modest,  p.  pr  of  pudere  to  feel  shame:  cf 
  F.  impudent.] 
  Bold,  with  contempt  or  disregard;  unblushingly  forward; 
  impertinent;  wanting  modesty;  shameless;  saucy. 
 
  More  than  impudent  sauciness.  --Shak. 
 
  When  we  behold  an  angel,  not  to  fear  Is  to  be  impudent. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  Syn:  Shameless;  audacious;  brazen;  bold-faced;  pert; 
  immodest;  rude;  saucy;  impertinent;  insolent. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  impudent 
  adj  1:  marked  by  casual  disrespect;  "a  flip  answer  to  serious 
  question";  "the  student  was  kept  in  for  impudent 
  behavior"  [syn:  {insolent},  {snotty-nosed},  {flip}] 
  2:  improperly  forward  or  bold;  "don't  be  fresh  with  me"; 
  "impertinent  of  a  child  to  lecture  a  grownup";  "an 
  impudent  boy  given  to  insulting  strangers"  [syn:  {fresh}, 
  {impertinent},  {overbold},  {smart},  {saucy}] 




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