All 10 Uses of
impudent
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Finally some sagacious persons opined that the article was nothing but an impudent satirical burlesque.†
Chpt 1 *
- And he had answered them, with his shameless impudence, "I'll tell you.†
Chpt 2
- Standing in the doorway, he scanned the company, and laughing his prolonged, impudent, malicious chuckle, looked them all boldly in the face.†
Chpt 2
- I understand the queen of impudence.†
Chpt 3
- There was extraordinary impudence in his expression, and yet, strange to say, at the same time there was fear.†
Chpt 4
- The Pole's puffy, middle-aged face, with its tiny nose and two very thin, pointed, dyed and impudent-looking mustaches, had not so far roused the faintest doubts in Mitya.†
Chpt 8
- You see, gentlemen, I couldn't bear the look of him, there was something in him ignoble, impudent, trampling on everything sacred, something sneering and irreverent, loathsome, loathsome.†
Chpt 9
- You set upon me, you impudent young monkey.†
Chpt 10
- He stared impudently at Ivan.†
Chpt 11
- He was impudent, Alyosha," Ivan said, with a shudder of offense.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
improperly bold or disrespectful -- especially toward someone who is older or considered to be of higher status