All 6 Uses
insolent
in
Pride and Prejudice
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- "I believe her to be both in a great degree," replied Wickham; "I have not seen her for many years, but I very well remember that I never liked her, and that her manners were dictatorial and insolent.†
p. 82.4
- His coming into the country at all is a most insolent thing, indeed, and I wonder how he could presume to do it.†
p. 93.5 *
- "Insolent girl!" said Elizabeth to herself.†
p. 93.8
- That his two sisters and Mr. Darcy, however, should have such an opportunity of ridiculing her relations, was bad enough, and she could not determine whether the silent contempt of the gentleman, or the insolent smiles of the ladies, were more intolerable.†
p. 99.9
- It was all pride and insolence.†
p. 198.7insolence = rude, disrespectful behavior or action
- They proceeded in silence along the gravel walk that led to the copse; Elizabeth was determined to make no effort for conversation with a woman who was now more than usually insolent and disagreeable.†
p. 334.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(insolent) rudely disrespectful -- especially toward someone in authority
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)