All 8 Uses of
insolent
in
War and Peace
- The middle of the upper lip formed a sharp wedge and closed firmly on the firm lower one, and something like two distinct smiles played continually round the two corners of the mouth; this, together with the resolute, insolent intelligence of his eyes, produced an effect which made it impossible not to notice his face.†
Chpt 1
- Dolokhov slowly straightened his bent knee, looking straight with his clear, insolent eyes in the general's face.†
Chpt 2 *
- Every time he chanced to meet Dolokhov's handsome insolent eyes, Pierre felt something terrible and monstrous rising in his soul and turned quickly away.†
Chpt 4
- Now he seemed to see her in the early days of their marriage, with bare shoulders and a languid, passionate look on her face, and then immediately he saw beside her Dolokhov's handsome, insolent, hard, and mocking face as he had seen it at the banquet, and then that same face pale, quivering, and suffering, as it had been when he reeled and sank on the snow.†
Chpt 4
- Dolokhov with a cold smile and a gleam in his handsome insolent eyes looked at him—evidently wishing to get some more amusement out of him.†
Chpt 8
- Anna Pavlovna whispered the next words in advance, like an old woman muttering the prayer at Communion: "Let the bold and insolent Goliath…." she whispered.†
Chpt 12
- Let the bold and insolent Goliath from the borders of France encompass the realms of Russia with death-bearing terrors; humble Faith, the sling of the Russian David, shall suddenly smite his head in his bloodthirsty pride.†
Chpt 12
- "Such an insolent scoundrel!" he cried, growing hot again at the mere recollection of him.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(insolent) rudely disrespectful