insolentとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /ˈɪn.sə.lənt/

形容詞

insolent (comparative more insolent, superlative most insolent)

1. Insulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner.

   Synonym: impudent

   Near-synonyms: arrogant, bold, cocky

2. Rude.

   Synonyms: disrespectful, impertinent

   Near-synonyms: insubordinate, offensive

   insolent behaviour

   insolent child

   insolent remark

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, […] the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosus, […]!”

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:cheeky
• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

派生語

関連する語

名詞

insolent (plural insolents)

1. A person who is insolent.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXVIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:

     What a way do you put yourself in miss! said the insolent.

   • 2010, Louisa Shea, The Cynic Enlightenment: Diogenes in the Salon, page 7:

     Diogenes Laertius reports that Diogenes was apt to take the identification with the dog at face value, as when he lifted his leg and relieved himself on a group of young insolents who teased him with a dog's bone […]

Further reading

• “insolent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “insolent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “insolent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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