insolent in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

insolent in the PONS Dictionary

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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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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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And he is arrogant: another character condemns his insolent vainglory.
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Many liberal critics said he was a brow-beater, badgerer, insolent, overbearing, intolerant, and even vicious.
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Among them, he was reputed to be tyrannical, violent, corrupt, impatient, insolent, and disregarding of ecclesiastical regulations.
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He assumed an insolent attitude of superiority towards the elders of the realm and refused to show them proper respect.
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The school did not start very promisingly in 1337 with the members of the choir-school being accused of dissolute and insolent behaviour in the parish.
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He became presumptuous, insolent, and mischievous and was much disliked by the members of the court.
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These words are directed at the ungrateful and pretentious disbelievers, referred to as insolent people (43:5).
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He was highstrung, unruly, occasionally hard and insolent; he did not fit the image of wise, disciplined men of science.
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