as in insolent
displaying or marked by rude boldness
the guest's impudent inquiries about the cost of just about everything we had in the house
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Recent Examples of impudent
Fortunately, Snow White’s newfound enlightenment does not deny her the possibility of romance, although princes are now strictly off-limits; her love interest here is a fetchingly impudent bandit, Jonathan (Andrew Burnap), who is leading a scrappy rebellion against the Evil Queen.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
One chord appears to speak to the other, sounding almost impudent in their simplicity, equal parts ecstatic and heartbreakingly melancholic.
—Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
More specifically, the impudent Skull Kid steals the Ocarina of Time and turns Link into a Deku Scrub, those antagonistic tree cannons first introduced in Ocarina.
—Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.
—Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2016
There’s some amusing cat-and-mouse negotiation, including a hilariously impudent gesture from Samuel during an office drinks evening.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Many critics dismissed the movie as an ahistorical powder puff, an impudent exercise in vibes-first filmmaking.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Lisa is often out of the house and in motion: roaming the aisles of a pharmacy that’s open late and where no one seems to be working; on a bus contending with impudent youths; breaking the rules at a sleep clinic; wasted and lost after a bachelorette party.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
Yet the controversy had the effect of typecasting Gurba as the impudent indie writer willing to torch the publishing industry to make a point about diversity.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
One chord appears to speak to the other, sounding almost impudent in their simplicity, equal parts ecstatic and heartbreakingly melancholic.
—Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
More specifically, the impudent Skull Kid steals the Ocarina of Time and turns Link into a Deku Scrub, those antagonistic tree cannons first introduced in Ocarina.
—Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.
—Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2016
There’s some amusing cat-and-mouse negotiation, including a hilariously impudent gesture from Samuel during an office drinks evening.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Many critics dismissed the movie as an ahistorical powder puff, an impudent exercise in vibes-first filmmaking.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Lisa is often out of the house and in motion: roaming the aisles of a pharmacy that’s open late and where no one seems to be working; on a bus contending with impudent youths; breaking the rules at a sleep clinic; wasted and lost after a bachelorette party.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
Yet the controversy had the effect of typecasting Gurba as the impudent indie writer willing to torch the publishing industry to make a point about diversity.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impudent
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Parthenope is inscrutable yet expressive, insolent yet heroic, magnetic yet unattainable, loving yet selfish.—
Mike Miller,
EW.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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The officers weren't rude, angry, or insolent — as required of a battery conviction — and used their training and legal authority to do their jobs.—
Ryan Murphy,
The Indianapolis Star,
2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Here, Forbes Coaches Council members share wise strategies for tactfully and strategically highlighting your contributions at work.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Speaking of family, Nivola’s parents gave him some wise advice.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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As a result of this brazen detention, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism noncitizen students have been advised to stop covering sensitive issues like Gaza, Ukraine and their own former classmate’s case, while scrubbing social media of this new wrongthink.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2025
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Where Whole Lotta Red felt focused in its brazen, punk-imbued approach, Music sprawls with classic Atlanta rap, industrial synths, and electropop.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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From the lobby to rooms, restaurants, and the rooftop, neutral backdrops are layered with metallic accents, and bold and energetic colors like emerald green, saffron yellow, fiery chili pepper red, and Mediterranean blue.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Locksley strayed from bold statements at Maryland football’s spring media day.—
Michael Howes,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Crawford gave the top its red carpet moment at the Mr. & Mrs. Smith premiere in 2005, cementing it as both a supermodel staple and a snapshot of mid-2000s fashion’s cheeky, slogan-loving era.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2025
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The signature transparency, cheeky humor and too-cool-for-school style remain.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But people all around us ask impertinent questions all the time.—
Harriette Cole,
The Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2025
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Cocky, opinionated, and flippant, Jimmy might as well be every foreigner’s idea of what those impertinent cowboy Americans are like.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
14 July 2024
Adjective
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The first film was good, better than its 43% critic score indicated back in 2018, but now both its critic and audience score have improved since the original, a fresh 63% and a 79% respectively.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Core inflation, which excludes prices of fresh food, was at 3%, lower than January’s figure of 3.2%.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Dolphins fans were more giddy, cocky and optimistic than Philly fans, Buffalo fans, Baltimore fans and San Francisco fans combined.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2025
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In the Mike White directed HBO drama, Schwarzenegger plays Saxon Ratliff, the cocky, finance bro son of a wealthy Southern family.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Impudent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impudent. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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