Both Uses of
insolent
in
Heart of Darkness
- He allowed his 'boy'—an overfed young negro from the coast—to treat the white men, under his very eyes, with provoking insolence.†
Chpt 1
- Suddenly the manager's boy put his insolent black head in the doorway, and said in a tone of scathing contempt— " 'Mistah Kurtz—he dead.'†
Chpt 3 *
Definition:
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(insolent) rudely disrespectful