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Synonyms for impudence
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : im-pyuh-duhns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm pyə dəns |
Définition of impudence
Origin :- late 14c., from Latin impudentia "shamelessness," noun of quality from impudens; see impudent.
- noun audacity
- But Uncle Lucien was so certain of the boy's guilt that he mistook his pride for impudence.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- In spite, however, of contempt, the impudence of this Frenchman half angered him.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- Their credulity increases his impudence: and his impudence overpowers their credulity.
- Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
- Furthermore it was immediately demonstrated that his impudence had not deserted him.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- If you had said next quarter, I should have wondered at your impudence.'
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Then Irish impudence must cut the string of that tongue, Florry.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The impudence, the inveteracy of that fellow, is astonishing—no silencing him.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- These changes were regarded as impudence on the part of so unknown a man.
- Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
- Which yet they do with so happy an impudence that oftentimes the civilians envy them that faculty.
- Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus
- You, with the impudence of your class, think you can come to me and bribe me to betray my employer.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
Antonyms for impudence
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