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 insolent ['insәlәnt]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 侮慢无礼的人

a. 粗野的, 无礼的, 侮慢的




    insolent
    [ adj ]
    1. marked by casual disrespect

    2. <adj.all>
      a flip answer to serious question
      the student was kept in for impudent behavior
    3. unrestrained by convention or propriety

    4. <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.

    Syn: Overbearing; insulting; abusive; offensive; saucy;
    impudent; audacious; pert; impertinent; rude;
    reproachful; opprobrious.

    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}.

    1. Shirttail out, boots caked with mud, the soldier speaks in an insolent tone.
    2. His rasping, insolent voice is still in demand with talk show hosts.
    3. No English word - rude, insolent, hostile - can aptly describe certain behaviour encountered in the east.
    4. They run, posture, trudge through snippets of their repertory as scrappy and insolent as the sound-track.
    5. They prowled urban streets in shiny black shoes and black leather jackets, insolent berets and starched blue shirts tucked neatly into pressed black slacks.
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