All 3 Uses of
impudent
in
Washington Square, by Henry James
- Her very gratitude for these things had hushed itself; for it seemed to her that there would be something of impudence in making a festival of her secret.†
Chpt 8 *
- "Damn his impudence!" the Doctor exclaimed privately.†
Chpt 9
- Morris greeted this question with a reflexion which was hardly the less impudent from being inaudible.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
improperly bold or disrespectful -- especially toward someone who is older or considered to be of higher status