impertinent — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(adj.)

VERBS

be, seem

get

If you keep getting impertinent in class, the teacher will send you to the principal's office.

find sth

I find his comments about my appearance rather impertinent and disrespectful.

ADV

highly, very | slightly, somewhat

Definitions

adj

1

Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.

“Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.”

2

Not pertaining or related to (something or someone); Irrelevant or useless.

Curious speculations, and the contemplation of things that are impertinent to us, and do not concern us, nor serve to promote our happiness, are but a more specious and ingenious sort of idleness

How impertinent that grief was which served no end!

noun

1

An impertinent individual.

Get near fat Mr. Dutton, and behind the screen of his prodigious elbow, you will be comfortably recessed from curious impertinents.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — improperly forward or bold

adjective — not pertinent to the matter under consideration

adjective — characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality

irreverent
pert
saucy

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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“Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not

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02

Curious speculations, and the contemplation of things that are impertinent to us, and do not concern us, nor serve to promote our happiness, are but a more specious and ingenious sort of idleness

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03

How impertinent that grief was which served no end!

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04

Get near fat Mr. Dutton, and behind the screen of his prodigious elbow, you will be comfortably recessed from curious impertinents.

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05

He was impertinent to his father.

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06

Don't be impertinent.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, impertinent is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.