All 3 Uses of
impudent
in
1984, by Orwell
- Sometimes he talked to her of the Records Department and the impudent forgeries that he committed there.†
p. 154.6 *
- Applied to an opponent, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white, in contradiction of the plain facts.†
p. 212.6
- Even the names of the four Ministries by which we are governed exhibit a sort of impudence in their deliberate reversal of the facts.†
p. 216.6
Definition:
improperly bold or disrespectful -- especially toward someone who is older or considered to be of higher status