Synonyms for impertinence
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : im-pur-tn-uh ns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɜr tn əns |
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Définition of impertinence
Origin :- c.1600, from French impertinence, from Medieval Latin impertinentia, from Late Latin impertinentem "not belonging" (see impertinent). Impertinency is from 1580s.
- noun boldness
- I have already given you specimens of Mrs. Betty's impertinence.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Only the emergency could have spurred him to the point of so outrageous an impertinence.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Your coming here is an affront, an impertinence, an audacity.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- This was a little nearer to impertinence than anything she had before encountered.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
- I am glad that Princess Mary is ill; they might be guilty of some impertinence towards her.
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- Impertinence, gayety, agility, muscle—that was what women loved in men.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- I fancy you lie, sir; and you sha'n't have Harriet, for your impertinence.
- Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
- In this impertinence is the only noteworthy fault we discover in the book.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
- You may think it a —— impertinence, but that's the way I'm made.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- Your message will have need to be a weighty one, sir, to earn our patience for your impertinence.
- Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
Antonyms for impertinence
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