Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impudent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
impudent
adj 1: marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious
question"; "the student was kept in for impudent
behavior" [syn: {insolent}, {snotty-nosed}, {flip}]
2: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me";
"impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an
impudent boy given to insulting strangers" [syn: {fresh},
{impertinent}, {overbold}, {smart}, {saucy}, {sassy}]
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