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insolence
/ˈɪn.sə.ləns/
noun 3verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, imaginary, supreme, wry
VERB + INSOLENCE
approve, manner, partakes, pay, stand, tolerate
INSOLENCE + NOUN
superiority, tom's, words
PREP.
from, on, than, up, with
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
1
Contemptible, ill-mannered conduct; insulting: arrogant, bold behaviour or attitude.
all the insolence of imaginary superiority
There she was, doing rude things, and saying ruder, which every body bore with the best grace in the world: then, as now, it was perfectly astonishing what people in general will submit to in the way of insolence, provided the said insolence be attended by rank and riches.
2
Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
Two heavy iron chains were put about his neck, (in metal and weight different from them he bore before!) and, loaded with fetters and insolences from the soldiers, (who in such ware seldom give scant measure,) he was brought into the presence of Isaacius.
3
The quality of being unusual or novel.
Her great excellence / Lifts me above the measure of my might / That being fild with furious insolence / I feele my selfe like one yrapt in spright.
verb
1
To insult.
...we are bound to assert that we never heard either in his public discourses or private conversation, anything that might tend towards encouraging sedition, or anyways insolencing the government
bishops, who were first foully insolenced and assaulted.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the trait of being rude and impertinent
- crust
- gall
- impertinence
- impudence
- cheekiness
- freshness
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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all the insolence of imaginary superiority
Wiktionary02
There she was, doing rude things, and saying ruder, which every body bore with the best grace in the world: then, as now, it was perfectly astonishing what people in general will submit to in the way
Wiktionary03
The coarseness and truth of her attack alike overwhelmed him. But her supreme insolence found him words, and he too burst forth. "Yes! and I forbid you to do it! You despise me, perhaps, and think I'm
Wiktionary04
...we are bound to assert that we never heard either in his public discourses or private conversation, anything that might tend towards encouraging sedition, or anyways insolencing the government
Wiktionary05
bishops, who were first foully insolenced and assaulted.
Wiktionary06
His manner partakes of insolence.
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