impudent
9
7.9
- adjective
- /ˈɪmpjʊdənt/
:
descarado
- Her impudent attitude during the meeting made it clear she had no respect for authority.
- impudent mockery
Examples
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How dare you talk to me in this impudent manner.
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The student's impudent reply shocked the teacher and caused a stir in the classroom.
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I received your foolish and impudent letter.
Academic text (2011) -
- Don't use that impudent tone to your father.
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Sonrisa is now fascinated by this impudent creature.
Fiction book (2000) -
You impudent pickpocket!
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The headmistress said to me that you are tardy... slovenly... and impudent.
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You're impudent.
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Silence, you impudent peasant.
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–Don't be impudent.
Synonyms
594
1.0
Not polite or showing little respect for others
260
4.5
Behaving as if you are more important or better than other people
164
6.1
Rude and cheeky in what someone says
149
8.4
Rude and cheeky to someone in authority
121
3.0
Not polite to someone, for example interrupting them
43
7.2
Being bold and lively in a rude or cheeky way
37
7.3
Showing no shame or respect for rules
36
7.5
Rude and disrespectful to someone in authority
31
6.6
Very confident in a rude, loud way that annoys other people
22
7.1
Rude and not showing respect to other people
21
2.3
Not showing good manners or respect to other people
21
5.8
Being playful and a little rude in a way that teases people
13
8.2
Being rude and not caring about other people's feelings or manners
10
8.4
Not polite or well behaved in a rough way
8
7.2
Rude or too bold toward someone, sometimes playful
8
7.0
Showing that you think someone or something is not worth respect
5
3.9
Rude and impolite in how someone talks or acts
4
5.5
Not polite to other people and showing little respect
1
9.2
Not showing good manners in public or formal places
1
8.2
A person, often a child, who is rude and acts as if better than others
1
9.9
Too confident and rude in a way that annoys other people
1
6.3
Not polite and often rude to others
1
7.0
Too confident in a way that seems rude
1
7.6
Not taking things seriously and showing little respect
Being arrogantly rude and openly disrespectful to other people
Showing bad manners that make others uncomfortable
Antonyms
How Rude
Surface Forms
Morphology
impudent = im + pud + ent
Historically formed from im- (not) + pud- (shame) + -ent, but the root pud/pudency is archaic and unfamiliar to most learners, so the meaning cannot be transparently derived.
Etymology
Impudent comes from Latin parts in- meaning 'not' and pudere meaning 'to be ashamed'. So an impudent person is 'not ashamed' and acts boldly or rudely without respect.