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Definition of impudent
1 obsolete : lacking modesty
2 : marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others : insolent
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Examples of impudent in a Sentence
As in the sixties, being young then was in itself an empowerment; writing under Harding and Coolidge was impudent fun. —John Updike, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 1988
Or it was he who was bruiting it about, with his princely dark head thrown back in impudent laughter, that he was going to be king. —Joseph Heller, God Knows, 1984
When I refused to be the child they knew and accepted me to be, I was called impudent and my muteness sullenness. —Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969
The boy was punished for his impudent behavior.
the guest's impudent inquiries about the cost of just about everything we had in the house
Recent Examples of impudent from the Web
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Like the Street Art Museum itself, the piece also offers a scrappy, impudent challenge to the authority of Russia’s oldest cultural institutions.
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The lithe, impudent Dutch teenager that went on to win eight Eredivisie titles and change football forever.
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The movie franchise spun off from Ian Fleming’s novels about a British spook who was impudent and resourceful, a wizard with women and weaponry, and impeccably dressed but capable of back-alley brutishness.
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The overt signs of privilege were the black Mercedes and impudent swagger of an oil baron.
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Origin and Etymology of impudent
Middle English, from Latin impudent-, impudens, from in- + pudent-, pudens, present participle of pudēre to feel shame
IMPUDENT Defined for English Language Learners
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: failing to show proper respect and courtesy : very rude
IMPUDENT Defined for Kids
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: bold and disrespectful : very rude an impudent remark an impudent child
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