The child was acting insolently when he refused to heed his mother's many warnings about not picking up his toys.
He was insolent to the teacher.
The child acted insolent as he was punished, so the teacher had no sympathy for him.
His insolence in class earned him several days in detention.
Jim's arrogant response to my question was insolent.
Marie felt that the insolent tone in Tom's voice showed a lack of respect. Contemptuous is another word you could use for insolent.
Other words are sass, sassy, or insolence,
The child acted insolent as he was punished, so the teacher had no sympathy for him.
yes... you are insolent. :)
"Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent" - Friedrich Nietzsche.
The insolent man thought his ideas were better than anyone's, and he rudely told them so.
His insolence in class earned him several days in detention.
There is such a thing as insolation (the incoming sunlight) and there is such a thing as insulation, and also isolation, but not insolate. Pick a word.
Jim's arrogant response to my question was insolent.
Marie felt that the insolent tone in Tom's voice showed a lack of respect. Contemptuous is another word you could use for insolent.
No. Insolent must modify a noun, as an insolent child.
"Mouthiness" refers to being talkative or having a tendency to speak in a disrespectful or insolent manner.
One antonym for insolent is respectful.
The homonym for insolent talk is impertinent.