English adjective: insolent | |||
1. | insolent marked by casual disrespect | ||
Samples | A flip answer to serious question. The student was kept in for impudent behavior. | ||
Synonyms | flip, impudent, snotty-nosed | ||
Similar | disrespectful | ||
Antonyms | respectful | ||
2. | insolent unrestrained by convention or propriety | ||
Samples | An audacious trick to pull. A barefaced hypocrite. The most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim. Bald-faced lies. Brazen arrogance. The modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress. | ||
Synonyms | audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced | ||
Similar | unashamed | ||
Antonyms | ashamed | ||