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impudent a. 魯莽的,卑鄙的,厚顏無恥的 魯莽的,卑鄙的,厚顏無恥的 impudent adj 1: marked by casual disrespect; " a flip answer to serious question"; " the student was kept in for impudent behavior" [ synonym: { impudent}, { insolent}, { snotty- nosed}, { flip}] 2: 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!" [ synonym: { fresh}, { impertinent}, { impudent}, { overbold}, { smart}, { saucy}, { sassy}, { wise}] Impudent \ Im" pu* dent\ ([ i^] m" p[- u]* dent), a. [ L. impudens, - entis; pref. im- not pudens ashamed, modest, p. pr. of pudere to feel shame: cf. F. impudent.] 1. Behaving boldly, with contempt or disregard for propriety in behavior toward others; unblushingly forward; impertinent; saucy. [ 1913 Webster PJC] More than impudent sauciness. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] When we behold an angel, not to fear Is to be impudent. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Lacking modesty; shameless. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Shameless; audacious; brazen; bold- faced; pert; immodest; rude; saucy; impertinent; insolent. [ 1913 Webster] 78 Moby Thesaurus words for " impudent": arrant, arrogant, audacious, aweless, barefaced, biggety, blatant, bluff, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, brazenfaced, bumptious, challenging, cheeky, chutzpadik, cocksure, cocky, contemptuous, contumelious, crusty, daring, defiant, defying, derisive, discourteous, disdainful, disparaging, disregardful, disrespectful, facy, flip, flippant, forward, fresh, gally, gratuitous, greatly daring, hubristic, ill- mannered, impertinent, impolite, improvident, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insolent, irreverent, malapert, nervy, overbold, overcareless, overconfident, oversure, overweening, pert, presumptuous, procacious, rash, regardless of consequences, ridiculing, rude, sassy, saucy, shameless, smart, smart- alecky, smart- ass, temerarious, unabashed, unblushing, uncalled- for, unchary, uncivil, unwary, wise- ass
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