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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : im-pyuh-duhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm pyə dənt |
Definition of impudent
Origin :- late 14c., from Latin impudentem (nominative impudens) "without shame, shameless," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + pudens "ashamed, modest," present participle of pudere "to cause shame" (see pudendum). Related: Impudently.
- adj bold, shameless
- "You'd better not be impudent, young one," said Ben, roughly.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- What do you mean by looking me in the face in that impudent manner?
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- The lightness is no doubt as characteristic of Shakespeare as the impudent humour.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Even this did not make me beastly drunk, but it made me desperate and impudent.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Besides, I thought that he did not dare to make or talk of these impudent preparations.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I felt an absurd desire to smash it, for the impudent thing had been running all the while.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- None but impudent girls, he says, should run away with a man.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- You have no right to come into this room in this impudent manner.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- Can he courteously talk to an equal, and browbeat an impudent dunce?
- Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
- This woman is some impudent impostor, who wants to extort money out of me.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
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