Related Searches
on Ask.com
Synonyms
impudent - 4 dictionary results
im⋅pu⋅dent
[im-pyuh-duh
nt]
–adjective
| 1. | of, pertaining to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery: The student was kept late for impudent behavior. |
| 2. | Obsolete. shameless or brazenly immodest. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
|
Link To impudent
im·pu·dent (ĭm'pyə-dənt) adj.
[Middle English, from Latin impudēns, impudent- : in-, not; see in-1 + pudēns, present participle of pudēre, to be ashamed.] im'pu·dent·ly adv. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Impudent
Im"pu*dent\, a. [L. impudens, -entis; pref. im- not + pudens ashamed, modest, p. pr. of pudere to feel shame: cf. F. impudent.] Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy. More than impudent sauciness. --Shak. When we behold an angel, not to fear Is to be impudent. --Dryden. Syn: Shameless; audacious; brazen; bold-faced; pert; immodest; rude; saucy; impertinent; insolent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Language Translation for : impudent
Spanish:
descarado, insolente,
German:
unverschämt,
Japanese:
厚かましい
impudent
c.1386, from L. impudens (gen. impudentis), from in- "not" + pudens (gen. pudentis), prp. of pudere "to cause shame."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.

