Insolent - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈɪnsələnt|
Brit.
|ˈɪns(ə)l(ə)nt|
adjective
- marked by casual disrespect (syn: flip, impudent, snotty-nosed)
- unrestrained by convention or propriety (syn: audacious, barefaced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced)
- unrestrained by convention or propriety (syn: audacious, barefaced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced)
the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress
Extra examples
Insolent behavior will not be tolerated.
...an appallingly insolent reply to a reasonable request...
Speaking to students, he was always insolent in his manner.
It was insolent of them to demand special treatment.
You insolent child!
A blatant, insolent materialism threatens to engulf moral distinctions.
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