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Meanings of insolence in English
Portuguese
atrevimento Catalan
barra The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties.
Russian
дерзость Usage of insolence in English
1
It was insolence and not insolence; it was modesty and not modesty.
2
The officer in command had arrived full of threats and insolence: Mlle.
3
The age of good breeding has passed; insolence has taken its place.
4
He looked me full in the face with stupid insolence, and said:
5
He was a magnificent specimen of the insolence natural to victorious soldiers.
6
Loge broke in quickly, with studied insolence: I object to the delay.
7
There was violence in the action, but it did not hold insolence.
8
Ferocity and insolence were not among the vices of the national character.
9
But the insolence and the megalomania of modern Germany made this difficult.
10
Athwart the state, the laws, athwart prosperity and the insolence of others.
11
The other orders likewise he treated with the same insolence and violence.
12
Now there was a world of contempt and insolence in this laugh.
13
He would not endure such insolence; he would stop where he was.
14
The gambler looked at him with the cool insolence that characterized him.
15
She had the insolence to extend her hand for the customary salutation.
16
The virtue of women is doubted above all things with terrible insolence.
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Translations for insolence
Portuguese
Russian
Insolence through the time
Insolence across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common