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How to pronounce impudent in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fresh, impertinent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise
Derivation impudence


an impudent boy given to insulting strangers.
Type Words
Synonyms flip, insolent, snotty-nosed


the student was kept in for impudent behavior.

Examples of impudent

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Now, though, Sun watchers are asking the impudent question even more than before.
From the economist.com
In one case, California's, the plea was publicly resented as an impudent intrusion.
From the time.com
The Sierra Club cutups are not the most impudent manipulators of bad U.S. mine law.
From the time.com
It tried to stir up public anger by portraying the residents as impudent oligarchs.
From the economist.com
So how might the innocent diner tell the top rank of pop-ups from the impudent imposters?
From the guardian.co.uk
His letters hum with adjectives like meddling, evil, impudent, treacherous and worthless.
From the newscientist.com
That impudent entertainment had little to do with Dumas, but it had a spark to call its own.
From the timesunion.com
Impudent isn't the word that came to mind when I was confronted with this unsavory vignette.
From the washingtontimes.com
The waiter grabs a handful and flings them like confetti toward the impudent snot-nosed brat.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
  • Fresh: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"
  • (impudently) impertinently: in an impudent or impertinent manner; "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently"
  • (impudence) an impudent statement
  • (impudence) crust: the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
  • Rudeness (also called impudence or effrontery) is a display of disrespectfulness by not complying with the social "laws" or etiquette of a group or culture. These laws been established as the essential boundaries of normally accepted behavior. ...
  • Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced
  • (adj.) casually rude, insolent, impertinent (The impudent young woman looked her teacher up and down and told him he was hot.)
  • (adj) - without shame, immodest; rudely bold, insolent; forward