All 3 Uses of
impudent
in
Sense and Sensibility
- Yes, yes, Mr. Impudence, I know that very well, and I was determined to find out WHERE you had been to.†
Chpt 13 *
- Though aware, before she began it, that it must bring a confession of his inconstancy, and confirm their separation for ever, she was not aware that such language could be suffered to announce it; nor could she have supposed Willoughby capable of departing so far from the appearance of every honourable and delicate feeling—so far from the common decorum of a gentleman, as to send a letter so impudently cruel: a letter which, instead of bringing with his desire of a release any professions of regret, acknowledged no breach of faith, denied all peculiar affection whatever—a letter of which every line was an insult, and which proclaimed its writer to be deep in hardened villainy.†
Chpt 29
- She was well paid for her impudence.†
Chpt 44
Definition:
improperly bold or disrespectful -- especially toward someone who is older or considered to be of higher status