These bank employees seem so politely insolent lately. I wonder what's behind it.
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Insolent
Synonyms for "insolent" (235 found)
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Closest matches (47)
arrogantdisrespectfulabusiveassumingatrociousaudaciousawelessbackhandbackhandedboldbrashbrassybrazenbrazen facedbrazenfacedbumptiouscallouscalumniouscavalierchallenging
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Adjective(19 words)
Adjective(7 words)
Strong matches (71)
Adjective(34 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (117)
Adjective(48 words)
Adjective(2 words)
inaffableincautiousindiscreetinjudiciousinsubordinateinsultingirreverentleft handedleft-handedloftylordlymagisterialobdurateobtrusiveoffensiveoutrageousoverbearingoverboldovercarelessoverconfident
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overpresumptuousoversureoverweeningperemptorypertpresumingpresumptuousprocaciousproudpushyrashregardless of consequencesridiculingrudesaucyscurrilescurrilousself-appointedself-electsnotty nosedsupercilioussuperiortemerariousunabjectunaccommodatinguncharyunciviluncomplaisantuncontriteuncourteousuncourtlyungallantungraciousunmeltedunpoliteunrepentantunrepentingunsoftenedunspeakableuntouchedunwaryuppishuppityvaingloriouswisewould bewould-be
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Synonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
126 translations across 33 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- astrant adj (insulting in manner or words)
- onbeleefd adj (insulting in manner or words)
- onbeskaamd adj (insulting in manner or words)
- onbeskof adj (insulting in manner or words)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- αὐθάδης adj (insulting in manner or words)
Armenian
2 entries- անպատկառ adj (insulting in manner or words)
- հանդուգն adj (insulting in manner or words)
Belarusian
4 entries- дзёрзкі adj (insulting in manner or words)
- дзёрзкі adj (rude)
- зухва́льскі adj (insulting in manner or words)
- зухва́льскі adj (rude)
Bulgarian
4 entries- арога́нтен adj (insulting in manner or words)
- дъ́рзък adj (rude)
- на́гъл adj (rude)
- наха́лен adj (insulting in manner or words)
Catalan
2 entries- insolent adj (insulting in manner or words)
- insolent adj (rude)
Czech
4 entries- drzý adj (insulting in manner or words)
- hrubý adj (insulting in manner or words)
- hrubý adj (rude)
- nestydatý adj (insulting in manner or words)
Dutch
2 entries- brutaal adj (insulting in manner or words)
- brutaal adj (rude)
Finnish
4 entries- loukkaava adj (insulting in manner or words)
- röyhkeä adj (insulting in manner or words)
- röyhkeä adj (rude)
- tyly adj (rude)
French
2 entries- insolent adj (insulting in manner or words)
- insolent adj (rude)
Galician
1 entries- insolente adj (insulting in manner or words)
German
4 entries- anmaßend adj (rude)
- beleidigend adj (insulting in manner or words)
- dreist adj (rude)
- dummdreist adj (rude)
Greek
1 entries- αυθάδης adj (insulting in manner or words)
Hungarian
4 entries- arcátlan adj (rude)
- pimasz adj (rude)
- pökhendi adj (insulting in manner or words)
- szemtelen adj (insulting in manner or words)
Indonesian
2 entries- bajingan adj (rude)
- kurang ajar adj (insulting in manner or words)
Interlingua
2 entries- insolente adj (insulting in manner or words)
- insolente adj (rude)
Irish
3 entries- drochmhúinte adj (insulting in manner or words)
- soibealta adj (insulting in manner or words)
- soibealta adj (rude)
Italian
2 entries- insolente adj (insulting in manner or words)
- insolente adj (rude)
Kabuverdianu
4 entries- atrevide adj (insulting in manner or words)
- atrevide adj (rude)
- atrividu adj (insulting in manner or words)
- atrividu adj (rude)
Latin
2 entries- procāx adj (insulting in manner or words)
- īnsolēns adj (insulting in manner or words)
Macedonian
2 entries- др́зок adj (insulting in manner or words)
- наха́лен adj (insulting in manner or words)
Manx
3 entries- daaney adj (insulting in manner or words)
- mooaralagh adj (insulting in manner or words)
- neuyeeillagh adj (insulting in manner or words)
Māori
2 entries- toroihi adj (insulting in manner or words)
- whakatīkai adj (insulting in manner or words)
Occitan
1 entries- insolent adj (insulting in manner or words)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- schwiendriest adj (insulting in manner or words)
Polish
4 entries- arogancki adj (insulting in manner or words)
- bezczelny adj (insulting in manner or words)
- bezwstydny adj (insulting in manner or words)
- chamski adj (rude)
Portuguese
2 entries- insolente adj (insulting in manner or words)
- insolente adj (rude)
Russian
4 entries- вызыва́ющий adj (insulting in manner or words)
- высокоме́рный adj (insulting in manner or words)
- гру́бый adj (rude)
- де́рзкий adj (insulting in manner or words)
Slovak
4 entries- bezočivý adj (insulting in manner or words)
- drzý adj (insulting in manner or words)
- drzý adj (rude)
- hrubý adj (insulting in manner or words)
Spanish
4 entries- achorado adj (insulting in manner or words)
- insolente adj (insulting in manner or words)
- insolente adj (rude)
- procaz adj (rude)
Swedish
1 entries- oförskämd adj (rude)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зухва́лий adj (insulting in manner or words)
- зухва́лий adj (rude)
- зухва́льний adj (insulting in manner or words)
- зухва́льний adj (rude)
Vietnamese
4 entries- hỗn adj (insulting in manner or words)
- hỗn hào adj (insulting in manner or words)
- hỗn láo adj (insulting in manner or words)
- hỗn xược adj (insulting in manner or words)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I can't do with him and his insolent ways.
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Let's have a gander at this insolent man.
Source: tatoeba (327106)
Tom is insolent.
Source: tatoeba (1488703)
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