shamelessly bold or disrespectful; insolent
Origin of impudent
Middle English from Classical Latin impudens from in-, not + pudens, modest, origin, originally present participle of pudere, to feel shame
adjective
The definition of impudent is someone who is offensively bold.
An example of impudent is a mistress announcing her relationship at a dinner party with her lover's wife present.
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impudent
adjective
- Offensively bold or disrespectful; insolent or impertinent. See Synonyms at shameless.
- Obsolete Immodest.
Origin of impudent
Middle English from Latin impudēns impudent- in- not ; see in- 1. pudēns present participle of pudēre to be ashamedRelated Forms:
- im′pu·dent·ly
adverb
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Adjective
(comparative more impudent, superlative most impudent)
- Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced
- The impudent children would not stop talking in class.
Origin
From Middle French impudent, from Latin impudēns (“shameless”).
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Sentence Examples
- "He is the most impudent and opiniative fellow I ever knew," said Wolfe Tone.
- "Impudent fellows!" said the prince.
- Macpherson, whose Fingal had been treated in the Journey as an impudent forgery, threatened to take vengeance with a cane.
- "Don't be impudent, Eureka," admonished Dorothy.
- The discovery that the poet had printed secretly 1500 copies of The Patriot King caused him to publish a correct version in 1749, and stirred up a further altercation with Warburton, who defended his friend against Bolingbroke's bitter aspersions, the latter, whose conduct was generally reprehended, publishing a Familiar Epistle to the most Impudent Man Living.
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