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insolence

/in-suh-luhns/US // ˈɪn sə ləns //

非礼勿视,非礼行为,非礼,无礼行为

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
    • : the quality or condition of being insolent.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounboldness, disrespect

Examples

  • Only in the carnage of the head, the tilt of the chin, was the insolence expressed that had made her many enemies.

  • Never again would he sit behind that wheel rejoicing in the insolence of speed.

  • Then she put her anger from her; put from her, too, the insolence and scorn with which so lavishly she had addressed him hitherto.

  • Then he looked with cold insolence from the dishes set before Garnache to those which were being set for himself.

  • There was in his look and manner, even in his attitude, a something that was almost like a carelessly veiled insolence.