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in·so·lent
/-s(ə)lənt/
侮慢無亂的人(
a
.)粗野的,無禮的,侮慢的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
In·so·lent
a.
1.
Deviating
from
that
which
is
customary
;
novel
;
strange
;
unusual
. [
Obs
.]
If
one
chance
to
derive
any
word
from
the
Latin
which
is
insolent
to
their
ears
. . .
they
forthwith
make
a
jest
at
it
.
--
Pettie
.
If
any
should
accuse
me
of
being
new
or
insolent
.
--
Milton
.
2.
Haughty
and
contemptuous
or
brutal
in
behavior
or
language
;
overbearing
;
domineering
;
grossly
rude
or
disrespectful
;
saucy
;
as
,
an
insolent
master
;
an
insolent
servant
.
“A
paltry
,
insolent
fellow.”
Insolent
is
he
that
despiseth
in
his
judgment
all
other
folks
as
in
regard
of
his
value
,
of
his
cunning
,
of
his
speaking
,
and
of
his
bearing
.
--
Chaucer
.
Can
you
not
see
?
or
will
ye
not
observe
. . .
How
insolent
of
late
he
is
become
,
How
proud
,
how
peremptory
? --
Shak
.
3.
Proceeding
from
or
characterized
by
insolence
;
insulting
;
as
,
insolent
words
or
behavior
.
Their
insolent
triumph
excited
. . .
indignation
.
--
Macaulay
.
Syn:
--
Overbearing
;
insulting
;
abusive
;
offensive
;
saucy
;
impudent
;
audacious
;
pert
;
impertinent
;
rude
;
reproachful
;
opprobrious
.
Usage:
--
Insolent
,
Insulting
.
Insolent
,
in
its
primitive
sense
,
simply
denoted
unusual
;
and
to
act
insolently
was
to
act
in
violation
of
the
established
rules
of
social
intercourse
.
He
who
did
this
was
insolent
;
and
thus
the
word
became
one
of
the
most
offensive
in
our
language
,
indicating
gross
disregard
for
the
feelings
of
others
.
Insulting
denotes
a
personal
attack
,
either
in
words
or
actions
,
indicative
either
of
scorn
or
triumph
.
Compare
Impertinent
,
Affront
,
Impudence
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
insolent
adj
1:
marked
by
casual
disrespect
; "
a
flip
answer
to
serious
question
"; "
the
student
was
kept
in
for
impudent
behavior
" [
syn
:
impudent
,
snotty-nosed
,
flip
]
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
; "
bold-faced
lies
"; "
brazen
arrogance
"; "
the
modern
world
with
its
quick
material
successes
and
insolent
belief
in
the
boundless
possibilities
of
progress
"-
Bertrand
Russell
[
syn
:
audacious
,
barefaced
,
bodacious
,
bold-faced
,
brassy
,
brazen
,
brazen-faced
]
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