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as in disrespect
disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request
amazed that parents would tolerate such insolence from their teenaged children
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as in disrespectfulness
rude behavior
her frequent displays of insolence have lowered her standing among movie fans
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Recent Examples of insolence
As to the kids’ responses, the more genial Olmo is not above whining, while parental demands usually provoke flat-out insolence from Ana, who breathes cigarette smoke like dragon fire.
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
Still, the similarities are felt, stylistically and technically, in the collage-like form and the free manipulation of archival images—and, above all, in a shared sense of audacious yet exquisite aestheticism yoked to a strain of refined, resolute insolence.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Only this time, instead of sneering insolence, Matt Smith’s Daemon was near tears as the king ripped into his brother.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 21 July 2024
And despite Aegon’s insolence, neither Criston nor Aemond could have predicted that the king would show up to the fight drunk on dragonback before Aemond can arrive.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 7 July 2024
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
Still, the similarities are felt, stylistically and technically, in the collage-like form and the free manipulation of archival images—and, above all, in a shared sense of audacious yet exquisite aestheticism yoked to a strain of refined, resolute insolence.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Only this time, instead of sneering insolence, Matt Smith’s Daemon was near tears as the king ripped into his brother.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 21 July 2024
And despite Aegon’s insolence, neither Criston nor Aemond could have predicted that the king would show up to the fight drunk on dragonback before Aemond can arrive.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 7 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insolence
Noun
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What happens more often is the day-to-day interactions with residents that show the clear disrespect [officers have] with general residents.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
16 Jan. 2026
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Our casual disrespect for horological privacy has gone too far!—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Kennedy Center’s president, Richard Grenell, announced that the Center intends to sue Redd for his impudence.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2025
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With an irreverent impudence, generous sprinkles of slap stick and traditional wrapping, this breezy presentation should tickle the funny bones of grade school kids as well as us older coots who enjoy Tim Allen’s acerbic antics.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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At restaurants, waiters would ignore me for long stretches—not out of rudeness, but because lingering is just built into the culture.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
9 Dec. 2025
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Not, of course, if the intention of the query is to justify rudeness or to be combative.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
24 Nov. 2025
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Or exacerbated the impertinence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Of her schooling Minna said that she was mostly remembered for her impertinences in the presence of eminent scholars, and that at gatherings in general her comments seemed to attract a sideways cautious glance.—
Jim Shepard,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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“Insolence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insolence. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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