Insolence
['ɪns(ə)l(ə)ns;'ɪnsəl(ə)ns;'ɪnsələns]
Definition
(n.) The quality of being unusual or novel.
(n.) The quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence.
(n.) Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
(v. t.) To insult.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Impertinence, impudence, sauciness, pertness, malapertness, flippancy, rudeness, abuse.
Typist: Xavier
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Arrogance, assumption, impudence
ANT:Deference, consideration, politeness, modesty, bashfulness
Edited by Lancelot
Examples
- But he had more brains and more inner dignity and outer insolence and humor than any man that he had ever known. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I don't know how she looks, and I do not say that she is altogether dirty or idle, mais elle est d'une insolence! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He hated George too, whose insolence towards him was quite of the English sort. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Facing Huxley with a smiling insolence, he begged to know, _was it through his grandfather or grandmother that he claimed his descent from a monkey_? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I tell you that's one side of your conduct--Insolence and Presumption. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What do you mean by this insolence? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I am sure, sir, I should never mistake informality for insolence: one I rather like, the other nothing free-born would submit to, even for a salary. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It was nothing but the insolence of the routineer that forced Gifford Pinchot out of the Forest Service. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What mean these fellows by their capricious insolence? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Fancy his having the insolence to confound me with the official detective force! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- No insolence of Mr. Fairlie's, if he chose to be insolent, could wound me now. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was sheer Insolence in you, I tell you,' said Mr Boffin, 'even to think of this young lady. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But he is incapable of defending them in a discussion, and vainly tries to cover his confusion with banter and insolence. Plato. The Republic.
- He was obsessed with horror of wanton bloodshed and with indignation at the insolence of armed injustice. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We passed without notice his polite insolence at the outset of the interview. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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