adj.

1. Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.
2. Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent.

[Middle English, from Latin īnsolēns, īnsolent-, immoderate, arrogant : in-, not; see in–¹ + solēns, present participle of solēre, to be accustomed.]

insolent in'so·lent n.
insolently in'so·lent·ly adv.

adjective

1. Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance: arrogant, haughty, high-and-mighty, lofty, lordly, overbearing, overweening, prideful, proud, supercilious, superior. Idioms: on one's high horse. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
2. Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, 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.

adj

Definition: bold, disrespectful
Antonyms: cowardly, humble, modest, polite, respectful, servile

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IN BRIEF: Rude and insulting.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), German philosopher, classical scholar.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uforskammet

Nederlands (Dutch)
onbeschaamd, beledigend, ruw

Français (French)
adj. - insolent
n. - insolence

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unverschämt, anmaßend
n. - unverschämte Person

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αναιδής, θρασύς
n. - αναιδής

Italiano (Italian)
insolente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - insolente
n. - pessoa (f) insolente

Русский (Russian)
дерзкий, высокомерный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - insolente, atrevido, descarado
n. - insolente, atrevido, descarado, persona insolente, atrevida o descarada, sinvergüenza

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fräck, förmäten
n. - fräck person, förmäten person

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
粗野的, 侮慢的, 无礼的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 粗野的, 侮慢的, 無禮的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 거만한, 무례한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 横柄な, 傲慢な
n. - 横柄な人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متغطرس, , وقح (الاسم) شخص متغطرس, أو وقح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חצוף, מעליב‬

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L Insolent Charles Jourdan