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impudent Definition

im·pu·dent (im′pyo̵̅o̅ dənt)

adjective

  1. Obsolete immodest; shameless
  2. shamelessly bold or disrespectful; saucy; insolent

Etymology: ME < L impudens < in-, not + pudens, modest, orig. prp. of pudere, to feel shame

impudent Related Forms
im′·pu·dently adverb
impudent Synonyms

impudent

modif.

forward, insolent, impertinent, saucy; see rude 2. See syn. study at impertinent.

impudent Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • fellow: What careless or what impudent fellows these must have been.
  • scoundrel: But directly afterward the impudent scoundrel who had taken hold of my arm came up and began to speak to the chamberlain in German.
  • man: Shammai, a surveyor, chased away the impudent man with a measuring rod.
  • fool: Some people say it's only shyness -- impudent fools.
  • thing: What an impudent thing To make game of a king!

Modifying Another Word

  • so: At last he grew so impudent as by his influence to get tenants turned out of their farms.
  • very: One or two shells over and snipers very impudent again. [ Letter to his brother James ] Nov 26th.
impudent Quotes

   I remember when our whole island was shaken with an earthquake some years ago, there was an impudent mountebank who sold pills which (as he told the country people) were very good against an earthquake.

—Addison,Joseph

Idonot know whether itoughttobe so, butcertainlysilly things do cease to be silly if theyare done by sensible people in an impudent way.Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly. It depends upon the character of those who handle it.

—Austen,Jane