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insolence
noun as in boldness, disrespect
Example Sentences
Only in the carnage of the head, the tilt of the chin, was the insolence expressed that had made her many enemies.
Never again would he sit behind that wheel rejoicing in the insolence of speed.
Then she put her anger from her; put from her, too, the insolence and scorn with which so lavishly she had addressed him hitherto.
Then he looked with cold insolence from the dishes set before Garnache to those which were being set for himself.
There was in his look and manner, even in his attitude, a something that was almost like a carelessly veiled insolence.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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