All 6 Uses of
insolent
in
The Mill on the Floss
- "He's none so full now, the Floss isn't," said Bob, as he kicked the water up before him, with an agreeable sense of being insolent to it.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- Mr. Tulliver, Mrs. Glegg considered, must be made to feel, when he came to his right mind, that he could never humble himself enough; for that had come which she had always foreseen would come of his insolence in time past "to them as were the best friends he'd got to look to."†
Chpt 3.8
- Giants have an immemorial right to stupidity and insolent abuse.†
Chpt 5.5
- Very well! you may leave my premises to-morrow, then; hold your insolent tongue and let me pass.†
Chpt 5.7
- And the brother is just as insolent, only in a cooler way.†
Chpt 6.8
- I could bear everything more quietly if I knew you didn't hate me for an insolent coxcomb.†
Chpt 6.11
Definition:
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(insolent) rudely disrespectful