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insolent ADJ

insolent

be insolent VB

be or become insolent VB

behave in an insolent manner VB

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Displeased by what he saw as insolence, he ordered that in the future, insolent letters from other states not be submitted to him.
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That relation was in keeping with the wanton, saucy, and insolent, and at the same time cowardly, nature of the satyrs.
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Among them, he was reputed to be tyrannical, violent, corrupt, impatient, insolent, and disregarding of ecclesiastical regulations.
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The evening when the cutter was taken, the people had become insolent even with threats to fire upon them.
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She is annoyed not so much that she has lost her eye but at the insolent air of independence and contempt it had while looking back at her.
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Although beautiful and indulged, she is insolent and spiteful.
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Examples of forbidden acts were fighting or being insolent to a jailer.
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But such women as worked in prisons were apt to be hard and insolent.
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How proud and handsome he was, with his chestnut curls and insolent pose!
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While he tried to be a responsible official and was decisive, he was frivolous and insolent to other officials.
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