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Insolence

adj.

impertinent

Meaning: rude, insolent

Usage: Most of your comments are so impertinent that I don’t wish to dignify them with an answer.

adj.

impudent

Meaning: casually rude, insolent, impertinent

Usage: The impudent young man looked the princess up and down and told her she was hot even though she hadn’t asked him.

adj.

insolent

Meaning: rude, arrogant, overbearing

Usage: That celebrity is so insolent, making fun of his fans right to their faces.

n.

petulance

Meaning: rudeness, irritability

Usage: The Nanny resigned after she could no longer tolerate the child’s petulance.

adj.

pert

Meaning: flippant, bold

Usage: My parents forgave Sandra’s pert humor at the dinner table because it had been so long since they had last seen her.