Insolent (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The insolent tone of the teenager's response to her mother's question was shocking.
- His insolent behavior towards the teacher earned him a week's detention.
- The politician's insolent smile during the debate only served to infuriate her opponents.
- The insolent remark made by the comedian about the audience member sparked a heated argument.
- The teacher struggled to maintain discipline in her classroom, where the insolent attitude of some students made it difficult to teach.
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Meaning 2
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.
Classification
All adjective clusters.