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# impudence

«impudence» in Mova's school dictionary: **rude behaviour that shows no respect, especially cheek…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Impudence is rude behaviour that shows no respect, especially cheek towards someone older or in charge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impudence/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a puppet or a servant who talks back to the wise or the grand, and is scolded for it

### examples

- The king warned him that impudence would be punished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impudence/#x1)
- Pinocchio's impudence annoyed the wise old Cricket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impudence/#x2)
- The servants treated her with impudence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impudence/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «impudence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impudence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.