Impudent

  • 21impudent — adjective Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold faced The impudent children would not stop talking in class. Syn: bold, brazen faced, impertinent …

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  • 22impudent — See impudent, impertinent …

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  • 23impudent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. forward, insolent, impertinent, saucy; see rude 2 . See Synonym Study at impertinent . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [IM pyoo dunt] boldly disrespectful, impertinent. The impudent student was… …

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  • 24impudent — [ ɪmpjʊd(ə)nt] adjective not showing due respect for another person; impertinent. Derivatives impudence noun impudently adverb Origin ME (in the sense immodest, indelicate ): from L. impudent , from in not + pudent ashamed, modest …

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  • 25impudent — adjective rude and disrespectful, especially to an older or more important person: an impudent child/remark impudently adverb impudence noun (U) …

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  • 26impudent — adjective the oblivious couple and their impudent children were asked to leave Syn: impertinent, insolent, cheeky, cocky, brazen, bold, audacious; presumptuous, forward, disrespectful, insubordinate, bumptious, brash; rude, impolite, ill mannered …

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  • 27impudent — /ˈɪmpjudənt / (say impyoohduhnt), / pjə / (say pyuh ) adjective characterised by a shameless boldness, assurance, or effrontery: impudent behaviour. {Latin impudens shameless} –impudently, adverb …

  • 28impudent — a, impudènt, o adj. et n. impudente. voir afrontat …

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  • 29impudent, impertinent — These words refer to bold, rude, and arrogant acts or speech. Impudent suggests shameless impertinence: an impudent young person, an impudent response to a friendly suggestion. Impertinent has a primary meaning of inappropriate, that is, not… …

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  • 30IMPUDENT, ENTE — adj. Qui n’a point de pudeur, insolent, effronté. C’est une impudente créature. C’est un impudent menteur. Substantivement, Un impudent, une impudente. Il se dit aussi des Actions et des paroles qui blessent la pudeur, ou qui sont trop libres,… …

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