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impudent

  (ĭm'pyə-dənt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Characterized by offensive boldness; insolent or impertinent. See synonyms at shameless.
  2. Obsolete. Immodest.

[Middle English, from Latin impudēns, impudent- : in-, not; see in–1 + pudēns, present participle of pudēre, to be ashamed.]

impudently im'pu·dent·ly adv.
 
 
Thesaurus: impudent

adjective

    Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity. Slang wise1. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.

 
Antonyms: impudent

adj

Definition: bold, shameless
Antonyms: humble, modest, polite, respectful, retiring


 
WordNet: impudent
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: marked by casual disrespect
  Synonyms: insolent, snotty-nosed, flip

Meaning #2: improperly forward or bold
  Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy


 
Translations: Translations for: Impudent

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uforskammet

Nederlands (Dutch)
hondsbrutaal, schaamteloos, zonder respect

Français (French)
adj. - effronté, audacieux, insolent

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unverschämt, dreist

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αναιδής, θρασύς, ασύστολος, αναίσχυντος

Italiano (Italian)
impudente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - insolente, cínico, sem-vergonha

Русский (Russian)
бесстыдный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - impudente, descarado, desvergonzado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oförskämd, oförsynt

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
放肆无礼的, 厚颜无耻的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 放肆無禮的, 厚顏無恥的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 뻔뻔스러운, 건방진

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 厚かましい, ずうずうしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) وقح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חצוף, חסר-בושה, גס‬


 
 

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