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

Example sentences :

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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