Crossword clues for impudent
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impudent \Im"pu*dent\ ([i^]m"p[-u]*dent), a. [L. impudens, -entis; pref. im- not + pudens ashamed, modest, p. pr. of pudere to feel shame: cf. F. impudent.]
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Behaving boldly, with contempt or disregard for propriety in behavior toward others; unblushingly forward; impertinent; saucy.
More than impudent sauciness.
--Shak.When we behold an angel, not to fear Is to be impudent.
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Lacking modesty; shameless. [Obs.]
Syn: Shameless; audacious; brazen; bold-faced; pert; immodest; rude; saucy; impertinent; insolent.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced
WordNet
adj. marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior" [syn: insolent, snotty-nosed, flip]
improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers" [syn: fresh, impertinent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy]
Usage examples of "impudent".
I take it, they had several children, as Impudent, Blackmouth, and Hate-Reproof.
The robes of the Arabs brushed against the skirts of Domini and Suzanne, and eyes stared at them from every side with a scrutiny that was less impudent than seriously bold.
Christmas: and on going back to school, he remembered perfectly well being thrashed by Joseph Sedley, when the latter was a big, swaggering hobbadyhoy, and George an impudent urchin of ten years old.
To the right a spit of land stuck out like an impudent tongue, dividing the sea from the intertidal waters.
He was good-natured, a wit, and inclined to broad jokes, and his manner towards women bordered on the impudent.
Precisely nothing happened to them, or could happen, since they never actually existed, as that affable artiste, the master of ceremonies, never existed, nor the theatre itself, nor that old pinchfist of an aunt Porokhovnikova, who kept currency rotting in the cellar, and there certainly were no golden trumpets or impudent cooks.
Had some impudent sprig of the squirarchy dared take advantage of the mistletoe to kiss her?
For the sake of your own continued good health, wench, I suggest that you cease such impudent remarks, unless you can grow a svans to match your unwomanly disrespect of masculine superiority.
With these words the impudent hussy proceeded to exhibit me, and I let her do what she liked.
To add to our discomforts, the inquisitive and impudent coachman kept turning his head round, which forced us to moderate the energy of our movements.
I thought this a disgusting piece of indecency, and said as much to Martinelli, adding that the impudent rascals might at least turn their faces towards the path.
Next day, the impudent fellow told me that he would order us a good supper at Viterbo, and that of course I would lend him a sequin to pay for his dinner at Montefiascone.
She was impudent enough to tell them what happened to me at Barcelona, not knowing that I was at Bologna.
At this the impudent Astrodi laughed, and in the hearing of several ladies waiting for their carriages told me that her friend might be sure of my presence, as she would not let me go before the benefit night.
Two more gates to unbar and the way would be open, but the Cobras were thick on the walls and Dodd was screaming at them to shoot into the press of men, attackers and defenders alike, and so throw back the impudent handful of redcoats who had turned his rear.