insolent

insolent is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.
2. adjective. Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant.
3. adjective. Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior.
4. adjective. unrestrained by convention or propriety- Los Angeles Times- Bertrand Russell

   "an audacious trick to pull"

   "a barefaced hypocrite"

   Synonyms: audacious, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen

5. adjective. marked by casual disrespect

   "a flip answer to serious question"

   "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"

   Synonyms: flip, impudent

Synonyms

audacious, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, flip, impudent

Common word forms

insolents, insolently, insolentness

Words from these letters

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