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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
Here Are All The Companies Cutting DEI Programs For old school ‘proper football men’ seeing such insolence on the field is simply unacceptable and when he was asked about the incident on talkSPORT ex-Liverpool striker Dean Saunders didn’t hold back.
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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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However, walking out of class demonstrates disrespect to the teachers who care for their well-being and support these students on a daily basis.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The stakes may differ, but the disrespect for local authority remains the same.—
Joshua Simmons,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2026
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But such aesthetic impudence is par for the course at the kaleidoscopic seaside pleasure dome of architect Chet Callahan, his husband, finance executive Jacinto Hernandez, and their teenage sons, Hernan and Noe.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
12 Feb. 2026
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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
Noun
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But only those who had been woken up without warning with a degree of rudeness would remember this night when their own time came.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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People do not generally express rudeness through presents.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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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 25 Feb. 2026.
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