<adj.all> a flip answer to serious question the student was kept in for impudent behavior
unrestrained by convention or propriety
<adj.all> an audacious trick to pull a barefaced hypocrite the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim bald-faced lies brazen arrogance the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress
Insolent \In"so*lent\, a. [F. insolent, L. insolens, -entis, pref. in- not + solens accustomed, p. pr. of solere to be accustomed.] 1. Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual. [Obs.]
If one chance to derive any word from the Latin which is insolent to their ears . . . they forthwith make a jest at it. --Pettie.
If any should accuse me of being new or insolent. --Milton.
2. Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant. ``A paltry, insolent fellow.'' --Shak.
Insolent is he that despiseth in his judgment all other folks as in regard of his value, of his cunning, of his speaking, and of his bearing. --Chaucer.
Can you not see? or will ye not observe . . . How insolent of late he is become, How proud, how peremptory? --Shak.
3. Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior.
Their insolent triumph excited . . . indignation. --Macaulay.
Usage: {Insolent}, {Insulting}. Insolent, in its primitive sense, simply denoted unusual; and to act insolently was to act in violation of the established rules of social intercourse. He who did this was insolent; and thus the word became one of the most offensive in our language, indicating gross disregard for the feelings of others. Insulting denotes a personal attack, either in words or actions, indicative either of scorn or triumph. Compare {Impertinent}, {Affront}, {Impudence}.
Shirttail out, boots caked with mud, the soldier speaks in an insolent tone.
His rasping, insolent voice is still in demand with talk show hosts.
No English word - rude, insolent, hostile - can aptly describe certain behaviour encountered in the east.
They run, posture, trudge through snippets of their repertory as scrappy and insolent as the sound-track.
They prowled urban streets in shiny black shoes and black leather jackets, insolent berets and starched blue shirts tucked neatly into pressed black slacks.