insolent

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.sə.lənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

insolent (comparative more insolent, superlative most insolent)

1. Insulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner.

   Synonym: impudent

   Near-synonyms: arrogant, bold, cocky

2. Rude.

   Synonyms: disrespectful, impertinent

   Near-synonyms: insubordinate, offensive

   insolent behaviour

   insolent child

   insolent remark

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     “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

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

Derived terms

• insolently

Related terms

• insolence
• insolency

 

Translations

insulting in manner or words

• Afrikaans: onbeskof, onbeleefd, onbeskaamd, astrant
• Armenian: անպատկառ (hy) (anpatkaṙ), հանդուգն (hy) (handugn)
• Belarusian: наха́бны (naxábny), зухва́льскі (zuxválʹski), дзёрзкі (dzjórzki)
• Bulgarian: наха́лен (bg) (nahálen), арога́нтен (bg) (arogánten)
• Catalan: insolent (ca)
• Czech: drzý (cs), hrubý (cs), nestydatý (cs)
• Dutch: brutaal (nl)
• Finnish: loukkaava (fi), röyhkeä (fi)
• French: insolent (fr)
• Galician: insolente (gl)
• German: beleidigend (de), verletzend (de)
• Greek: αυθάδης (el) (afthádis)

  Ancient: αὐθάδης (authádēs)

• Hungarian: szemtelen (hu), pökhendi (hu)
• Indonesian: kurang ajar (id)
• Interlingua: insolente
• Irish: drochmhúinte, soibealta
• Italian: insolente (it)
• Kabuverdianu: atrividu, atrevide
• Latin: insolens, procax
• Macedonian: наха́лен (nahálen), др́зок (dŕzok)
• Manx: neuyeeillagh, mooaralagh, daaney
• Maori: whakatīkai, toroihi
• Occitan: insolent (oc)
• Plautdietsch: schwiendriest
• Polish: bezczelny (pl), arogancki (pl), bezwstydny (pl), hucpiarski, impertynencki (pl), tupeciarski, zuchwały (pl)
• Portuguese: insolente (pt)
• Russian: высокоме́рный (ru) (vysokomérnyj) (arrogant), наха́льный (ru) (naxálʹnyj), на́глый (ru) (náglyj), де́рзкий (ru) (dérzkij), вызыва́ющий (ru) (vyzyvájuščij) (defiant)
• Slovak: bezočivý, hrubý, drzý
• Spanish: insolente (es)
• Ukrainian: наха́бний (naxábnyj), зухва́лий (zuxvályj), зухва́льний (zuxválʹnyj)
• Vietnamese: hỗn láo (vi), xấc láo (vi), láo xược (vi), xấc xược (vi), láo (vi), láo lếu (vi), lếu láo (vi), hỗn (vi), hỗn hào (vi), hỗn xược (vi), lăng loàn (vi) (usually regarding women in family relationships)

rude

• Belarusian: наха́бны (naxábny), зухва́льскі (zuxválʹski), дзёрзкі (dzjórzki)
• Bulgarian: на́гъл (bg) (nágǎl), дъ́рзък (bg) (dǎ́rzǎk), наха́лен (bg) (nahálen)
• Catalan: insolent (ca)
• Czech: hrubý (cs)
• 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)
• Interlingua: insolente
• Irish: soibealta
• Italian: insolente (it)
• Kabuverdianu: atrividu, atrevide
• Polish: niegrzeczny (pl), chamski (pl), zuchwały (pl)
• Portuguese: insolente (pt)
• Russian: наха́льный (ru) (naxálʹnyj), на́глый (ru) (náglyj), де́рзкий (ru) (dérzkij), гру́бый (ru) (grúbyj) (rude)
• Slovak: hrubý, drzý
• Swedish: oförskämd (sv)
• Ukrainian: наха́бний (naxábnyj), зухва́лий (zuxvályj), зухва́льний (zuxválʹnyj)

Noun

insolent (plural insolents)

1. A person who is insolent.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXVIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:

     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.

Anagrams

• Neilston

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsolentem. First attested in 1653.

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 Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “insolent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin īnsolentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɔ.lɑ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio:

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• Homophone: insolents

Adjective

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

1. insolent

Derived terms

• insolemment

Related terms

• insolence

Descendants

• → Romanian: insolent

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin insolens.

Adjective

insolent m (feminine singular insolenta, masculine plural insolents, feminine plural insolentas)

1. insolent

Derived terms

• insolentament

Related terms

• insoléncia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French insolent, from Latin insolens.

Adjective

insolent m or n (feminine singular insolentă, masculine plural insolenți, feminine and neuter plural insolente)

1. insolent

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	insolent		insolentă		insolenți	insolente
	definite	insolentul		insolenta		insolenții	insolentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	insolent		insolente		insolenți	insolente
	definite	insolentului		insolentei		insolenților	insolentelor