Definitions for insolents

insolents in·so·lent

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

Insolents is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 398 anagrams from letters in insolents (eilnnosst).

Definitions for insolents

noun

  1. an insolent person.

adjective

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

Origin of insolents

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 insolents

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

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!

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

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?

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

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.

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

Word Value for insolents
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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