Insolent Definition & Meaning
insolent
- adjective
- marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
- 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; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
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- What does insolent mean?
- marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior" 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; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
- What part of speech is insolent?
- Insolent is an adjective.
- How many definitions does insolent have?
- Insolent has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).