IMPUDENT


Meaning of IMPUDENT in English

-nt adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin impudent-, impudens, from in- in- (I) + pudent-, pudens, present part of pudēre to feel shame — more at pudic

1. obsolete : lacking modesty

2. : marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others

an arrogant and impudent boy given to insulting strangers

: insolent

stood there … in an impudent swaggering posture — Helen T. Lowe

: forward , disrespectful

entertainingly impudent stories — Gerald Bullett

: bold and brazen

one of the most impudent miscarriages of justice

Synonyms: see shameless

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