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  • 11Insolent — Insolent, lat. deutsch, ungebührlich, übermüthig; Insolenz, ungebührliches, übermüthiges Benehmen …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 12insolent — I adjective abusive, arrogant, assuming, audacious, bellicose, bold, brazen, bumptious, contemptuous, contumacious, contumax, contumelious, defiant, derisive, discourteous, disdainful, disobedient, disobliging, disregardful, disrespectful,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 13insolent — insolent:⇨unverschämt(1) …

    Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • 14insolent — (adj.) late 14c., contemptuous, arrogant, haughty, from L. insolentem (nom. insolens) arrogant, immoderate, lit. unusual, from in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + solentem, prp. of solere be accustomed, which possibly is related to… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 15insolent — arrogant, overbearing, supercilious, disdainful, haughty, lordly (see PROUD) Analogous words: domineering, *masterful, imperious, peremptory, imperative: pretentious, ostentatious (see SHOWY): *dictatorial, magisterial: scornful, contemptuous… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 16insolent — [adj] bold, disrespectful abusive, arrogant, barefaced, brassy*, brazen, breezy, contemptuous, contumelious, dictatorial, discourteous, disdainful, flip*, fresh, imperative, impertinent, impolite, impudent, insubordinate, insulting, magisterial,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 17insolent — et arrogant, Insolens …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 18insolent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ rude and disrespectful. DERIVATIVES insolence noun insolently adverb. ORIGIN Latin, immoderate, arrogant …

    English terms dictionary

  • 19insolent — [in′sə lənt] adj. [ME < L insolens < in , IN 2 + solens, prp. of solere, to be accustomed] 1. boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; impudent 2. Now Rare arrogantly contemptuous; overbearing SYN. IMPERTINENTPROUD insolence …

    English World dictionary

  • 20INSOLENT, ENTE — adj. Qui perd le respect à force d’effronterie ou de hardiesse excessive. Un homme insolent, extrêmement insolent. Insolent au dernier point. Cette femme est bien insolente. Il est si insolent qu’il se fait haïr partout. Si vous étiez assez… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)