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# insolent

«insolent» in Mova's school dictionary: **rude and cheeky in a proud, disrespectful way, especially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more insolent, most insolent)

### meaning for a pupil

Insolent means rude and cheeky in a proud, disrespectful way, especially to someone in charge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insolent/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a proud prince or servant speaks rudely to a ruler; in everyday life a child who talks back

### examples

- An insolent boy laughed at the teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insolent/#x1)
- The insolent prince refused to bow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insolent/#x2)
- Do not give an insolent answer to your mother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insolent/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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