Definitions for insolent

insolent in·so·lent

Spelling: [in-suh-luh nt]
IPA: /ˈɪn sə lənt/

Insolent is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 323 anagrams from letters in insolent (eilnnost).

Definitions for insolent

noun

  1. an insolent person.

adjective

  1. boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting:

Origin of insolent

1350-1400; Middle English Latin insolent- (stem of insolēns) departing from custom, equivalent to in- in-3 + sol- (stem of solēre to be accustomed) + -ent- <

Examples for insolent

Sure nobody had ever so insolent, so hard-hearted a brother, as I have!

Imperious despot, insolent in strife, Lover of ruin, enemy of life!

She is a vile girl, and has said a hundred insolent things to me.

It was an urgency that some saw as bold and others viewed as insolent.

You have treated this family with disrespect; you have been insolent to this family.

This means that the lazy, insolent functionnaire mentality prevails rather than a hard-working energetic one.

Hollande's idea was regarded as insolent when he first pitched it.

I did not find myself indignant at this insolent idea of the Englishman's.

Their very posture—the way they loitered and leaned and lolled about—was insolent.

How dare you repeat so insolent a suspicion to my face, Roland Yorke?

Word Value for insolent
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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