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insolent [ˈınsələnt] ADJ

insolent
insolent
▶ insolence N
▶ insolently ADV

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English
This was the custom of the early pious men, who would not answer when they heard themselves insulted, but would forgive the insolent....
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That relation was in keeping with the wanton, saucy, and insolent, and at the same time cowardly, nature of the satyrs.
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No longer were there court cases with charges of blasphemy, heresy, insolent and riotous behavior, and degradation of the magistrates and ministers.
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While he tried to be a responsible official and was decisive, he was frivolous and insolent to other officials.
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Line was formed on foot, when a black flag was received with an insolent demand.
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But such women as worked in prisons were apt to be hard and insolent.
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It bars all it dislikes--it extorts all its demands--and it grows insolent over its victories.
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She is annoyed not so much that she has lost her eye but at the insolent air of independence and contempt it had while looking back at her.
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He was taken by his owner at the age of 17 to work as a servant in the manor, but was notoriously insolent.
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How proud and handsome he was, with his chestnut curls and insolent pose!
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