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Meanings of insolent in inglés

Unrestrained by convention or propriety.

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Marked by casual disrespect.

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Usage of insolent in inglés
1
The Rococo is violent in chains, insolent in constraint, drunken in sobriety.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
2
The marquises in insolent attitudes seated on each side of the stage.
Cyrano de Bergerac
3
The Court was less insolent that this pack of dolts in Angouleme.
Two Poets
4
To the modern powers that be, Bohemia is insolent in the extreme.
A Prince of Bohemia
5
The first is addressed, in the insolent impiety of rage, to God:-
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete / Series I, I...
6
New York has been called the most insolent city in the world.
Americans and Others
7
They seemed to delight in the insolent display of their newly-acquired power.
Murad the Unlucky, and Other Tales
8
There was nothing cynical in his tone, nothing insolent in his manner.
Poor Miss Finch
9
This foolish and insolent manifesto sealed the fate of the French monarchy.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
10
Hear the malediction with which Elisha cursed the insolent and mirthful children.
The Queen Pedauque
11
The insolent familiarity of the language was too much for her self-control.
The Woman in White
12
Harry let his eyes follow the tall figure in an insolent stare.
Marcia Schuyler
13
A building is akin to dogma; it is insolent, like a dogma.
Tremendous Trifles
14
On this occasion the executors were almost as insolent as the lawyer.
Little Novels
15
Then the insolent waiters began talking across the table to each other.
In the Courts of Memory, 1858-1875; from Contemporary Letters
16
He felt inclined to toss the insolent young scoundrel into the rapids.
The Iron Trail
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