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insolence
[in-suh-luhns]
noun
contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
the quality or condition of being insolent.
Other Word Forms
- overinsolence noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of insolence1
Example Sentences
"Look around you at these monstrosities of insanity, insolence, incompetence and degeneration," he declared in his opening address.
Moscow accused Pashinyan of behaviour bordering on insolence, and on Friday summoned Armenia's ambassador to protest against "hostile steps".
That was also evident in “the insolence and indifference that you are displaying here,” the judge added, according to another local news source.
In a league that has absorbed the competitive nastiness of Bill Laimbeer and Ron Artest and John Stockton and Charles Oakley, Green may be the first player sent home for repeated insolence.
Still, the infusion of black leather did what it always does: It reminded us what this particular material can always be counted on to suggest — insolence, light contempt, more than a little bit of attitude.
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