insolent

English

Etymology

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From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin insolens (“unaccustomed, unwanted, unusual, immoderate, excessive, arrogant, insolent”), from in- (privative prefix) + solens, present participle of solere (“to be accustomed, to be wont”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsə.lənt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsə.lənt/

Adjective

insolent (comparative more insolent, superlative most insolent)

1. insulting in manner or words

   Synonyms: arrogant, bold, cocky, impudent

2. rude
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     “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, […] the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosus, […]!”

   Synonyms: disrespectful, impertinent, insubordinate, offensive

3. cheeky

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cheeky
• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Derived terms

• insolently

Related terms

• insolence
• insolency

 

Translations

insulting in manner or words

• Armenian: անպատկառ (hy) (anpatkaṙ), հանդուգն (hy) (handugn)
• Bulgarian: нахален (bg) (nahalen), арогантен (bg) (aroganten)
• Catalan: insolent (ca)
• Dutch: brutaal (nl)
• Finnish: loukkaava (fi), röyhkeä (fi)
• French: insolent (fr)
• German: beleidigend (de), verletzend (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὕβριστος (húbristos)

• Hungarian: szemtelen (hu), pökhendi (hu)
• Indonesian: kurang ajar (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingua: insolente
• Italian: insolente (it)
• Latin: insolens, procax
• Maori: whakatīkai, toroihi
• Polish: bezczelny (pl)
• Portuguese: insolente (pt)
• Russian: вызыва́ющий (ru) (vyzyvájuščij)
• Slovak: bezočivý, hrubý

rude

• Bulgarian: нагъл (bg) (nagǎl), дързък (bg) (dǎrzǎk)
• Catalan: insolent (ca)
• Dutch: brutaal (nl)
• Finnish: tyly (fi), röyhkeä (fi)
• French: insolent (fr)
• German: anmaßend (de), überheblich (de), frech (de), dreist (de), ungebührlich (de), unverschämt (de), unverfroren (de), kaltschnäuzig (de), dummdreist (de), dummfrech, patzig (de), vorlaut (de), insolent (de)
• Hungarian: arcátlan (hu), pimasz (hu)
• Indonesian: bajingan (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingua: insolente
• Italian: insolente (it)
• Polish: niegrzeczny (pl), chamski (pl)
• Portuguese: insolente (pt)
• Slovak: hrubý, drzý
• Swedish: oförskämd (sv)

Noun

insolent (plural insolents)

1. A person who is insolent.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 78:

     What a way do you put yourself in miss! said the insolent.

   • 2010, Louisa Shea, The Cynic Enlightenment: Diogenes in the Salon (page 7)

     Diogenes Laertius reports that Diogenes was apt to take the identification with the dog at face value, as when he lifted his leg and relieved himself on a group of young insolents who teased him with a dog's bone […]

Further reading

• “insolent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “insolent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “insolent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin insolens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [in.suˈlen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [in.soˈlent]

Adjective

insolent m or f (masculine and feminine plural insolents)

1. insolent

Derived terms

• insolentment

Related terms

• insolència

Further reading

• “insolent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “insolent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “insolent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “insolent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɔ.lɑ̃/

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• Homophone: insolents

Adjective

insolent (feminine insolente, masculine plural insolents, feminine plural insolentes)

1. insolent

Derived terms

• insolemment

Related terms

• insolence

Further reading

• “insolent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.