impudence
11IMPUDENCE — n. f. Manque de pudeur, effronterie. Cela est de la dernière impudence. Il a l’impudence de soutenir une chose qu’il sait être fausse. Il a eu l’impudence de nier sa signature. Quelle impudence! Il signifie, par extension, Action et parole… …
12impudence — The word used as a term for an impudent person. John Dryden, in An Evening’s Love (1671), has: ‘Peace, impudence, and see my face no more.’ Mrs Jennings, in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, converts the word into a nonce name: ‘“Did you… …
13impudence — noun her irrepressible impudence landed her in the principal s office about a million times Syn: impertinence, insolence, effrontery, audacity, cheek, cheekiness, cockiness, brazenness, brass, boldness; presumption, presumptuousness, disrespect,… …
14impudence — impudent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not showing due respect for another person; impertinent. DERIVATIVES impudence noun impudently adverb. ORIGIN originally in the sense immodest : from Latin impudens shameless …
15impudence — noun Date: 14th century the quality or state of being impudent …
16impudence — /im pyeuh deuhns/, n. 1. the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence. 2. impudent conduct or language. 3. Obs. lack of modesty; shamelessness. Also, impudency. [1350 1400; ME < L impudentia shamelessness. See IMPUDENT, ENCE] Syn …
17impudence — noun a) The quality of being impudent, not showing due respect. b) Impudent language, conduct or behavior. Syn: cheek, sauciness …
18impudence — Synonyms and related words: arrogance, audacity, back talk, backchat, bold front, boldness, brash bearing, brashness, brass, brassiness, bravado, brazen boldness, brazenfacedness, brazenness, bumptiousness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, cockiness …
19impudence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. insolence, gall, cheek, effrontery; boldness, discourtesy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. insolence, impertinence, effrontery; see rudeness . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state or quality of being… …
20impudence — im·pu·dence || ɪmpjÉ™dÉ™ns / pjÊŠd n. rudeness, insolence, lack of respect …
