insolent

adjective

/ˈɪnsələnt/

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extremely rude and showing a lack of respect粗野的；无礼的；侮慢的
- an insolent child/smile粗野的孩子；侮慢的微笑
- Her tone grew insolent.她的语气变得傲慢无礼。
Synonyms rude
rude
- cheeky
- insolent
- disrespectful
- impolite
- impertinent
- discourteous
These are all words for people showing a lack of respect for other people.
- rude having or showing a lack of respect for other people and their feelings:
  Why are you so rude to your mother?你为什么对你的母亲这么没礼貌？
  It’s rude to speak when you’re eating.吃东西时说话不礼貌。
- cheeky (British English, informal) (especially of children) rude in a funny or an annoying way:
  You cheeky monkey!你这厚脸皮的猴崽子！
  a cheeky grin厚颜无耻的龇牙一笑
- insolent (rather formal) very rude, especially to somebody who is older or more important （尤指对长者、重要人士）粗野的、无礼的、侮慢的Insolent is used especially to talk about the behaviour of children towards adults.
- disrespectful (rather formal) showing a lack of respect for somebody/something:指不尊敬、无礼、轻蔑：
  Some people said he had been disrespectful to the president in his last speech.有些人说他在最近一次讲话中对总统不尊重。
- impolite (rather formal) not behaving in a pleasant way that follows the rules of society:指不礼貌、粗鲁：
  Some people think it is impolite to ask someone’s age.有些人认为询问别人的年龄是不礼貌的。
  Impolite is often used in the phrases It seemed impolite and It would be impolite.
- impertinent (rather formal) not showing respect for somebody who is older or more important 指（对长者或重要人士）粗鲁无礼、不尊敬Impertinent is often used by people such as parents and teachers when they are telling children that they are angry with them for being rude: Don’t be impertinent!
- discourteous (formal) having bad manners and not showing respect:指不礼貌、失礼、粗鲁：
  He didn’t wish to appear discourteous.他不想显得没礼貌。
Patterns
- rude/cheeky/disrespectful/impolite/discourteous to somebody
- rude/impolite/impertinent to do something
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘extravagant, going beyond acceptable limits’): from Latin insolent- ‘immoderate, unaccustomed, arrogant’, from in- ‘not’ + solent- ‘being accustomed’ (from the verb solere).

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 20072 COCA: 24483

insolent adj.
⇨ rude

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 20072 COCA: 24483

insolent

Impolite and rude: rude, impolite, insolent...

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