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Recent Examples of impudent Gemma reluctantly agrees to rebuild her impudent robot in a new body, and the sequel ends with an explosive showdown between Amelia and M3GAN, who nearly dies in a noble attempt to save Gemma and her niece, Cady (Violet McGraw). Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 29 June 2025 Fortunately, Snow White’s newfound enlightenment does not deny her the possibility of romance, although princes are now strictly off-limits; her love interest here is a fetchingly impudent bandit, Jonathan (Andrew Burnap), who is leading a scrappy rebellion against the Evil Queen. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025 One chord appears to speak to the other, sounding almost impudent in their simplicity, equal parts ecstatic and heartbreakingly melancholic. Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025 More specifically, the impudent Skull Kid steals the Ocarina of Time and turns Link into a Deku Scrub, those antagonistic tree cannons first introduced in Ocarina. Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024 Lisa is often out of the house and in motion: roaming the aisles of a pharmacy that’s open late and where no one seems to be working; on a bus contending with impudent youths; breaking the rules at a sleep clinic; wasted and lost after a bachelorette party. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023 In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington. Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impudent
Adjective
  • Beautiful, not perfect; Alex can be rude, insolent, and subject to wild emotional swings and failures of decorum and logic.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The movie’s startling originality is in its spirit, its insolent ironies.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 July 2025
Adjective
  • Either by choice or otherwise, Wolves lost seven players who appeared regularly in the first team last season and brought in six new faces, so numbers-wise, there is little difference.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The measure further reduces offshore drilling, but the effort to compensate in a region that is highly dependent on the oil industry was a wise move.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While earlier incidents against Jewish sites, coming amid the backlash over the soaring death toll in Israel’s conflict in Gaza, sparked a media frenzy around this particularly act of brazen antisemitism, the pigs’ heads did not have the same effect.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But in recent years, acts of brazen violence have been the grim drumbeat of a debased national politics.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Now, Courtney Brown, an associate professor at Southern Methodist University (SMU), has taken a bold and creative step forward.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Backstage, hair and makeup looks were designed to echo the avant-garde edge of his collection—a reminder that timeless beauty can be both bold and modern.
    Essence, Essence, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Bruno commented that the dance was cheeky and uplifting with the spirit of the cha cha , but added that the body wasn’t there.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • For the latter photo, her back was mostly to the camera, showing off a cheeky white one-piece swimsuit.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Questions about the overheating of the American economy were brushed aside as impertinent.
    Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025
  • Telling you of her plan to do so is impertinent and picking a fight.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This is the second time in a row that fresh Hindi releases fell short at the box office while a south-Indian film ranked high among global top scorers for a weekend.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The radiance and fresh-grapefruit scent linger on the skin; so do the moisturizing sunflower, passion fruit, açai, babassu, and rice bran oils.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Vinnie Barbarino Was a Standout John Travolta’s Vinnie was known for his cocky swagger and flirtatious antics.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Compliments find you with greater ease, too; with Venus, your planetary ruler, now in Leo, your magnetism is louder and your confidence reads as warm, not cocky.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Impudent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impudent. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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