All 13 Uses of
insolent
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- The former buffoon showed an insolent propensity for making buffoons of others.†
Chpt 1 *
- Besides the long fleshy bags under his little, always insolent, suspicious, and ironical eyes; besides the multitude of deep wrinkles in his little fat face, the Adam's apple hung below his sharp chin like a great, fleshy goiter, which gave him a peculiar, repulsive, sensual appearance; add to that a long rapacious mouth with full lips, between which could be seen little stumps of black decayed teeth.†
Chpt 1
- Dmitri Fyodorovitch wants to open this fortress with a golden key, and that's why he is insolent to me now, trying to get money from me, though he has wasted thousands on this enchantress already.†
Chpt 2
- "Insolent creature!" cried Katerina Ivanovna, as though suddenly grasping something.†
Chpt 3
- So she didn't kiss it; so she ran away!" he kept exclaiming with hysterical delight; insolent delight it might have been called, if it had not been so spontaneous.†
Chpt 3
- It is true, alas, it is true, that there are many sluggards, gluttons, profligates and insolent beggars among monks.†
Chpt 6
- They are not servile, and even after two centuries of serfdom they are free in manner and bearing, yet without insolence, and not revengeful and not envious.†
Chpt 6
- And now after four years the sensitive, injured and pathetic little orphan had become a plump, rosy beauty of the Russian type, a woman of bold and determined character, proud and insolent.†
Chpt 7
- The other, younger Pole, who was staring insolently and defiantly at the company and listening to the conversation with silent contempt, still only impressed Mitya by his great height, which was in striking contrast to the Pole on the sofa.†
Chpt 8
- Though Smerdyakov spoke without haste and obviously controlling himself, yet there was something in his voice, determined and emphatic, resentful and insolently defiant.†
Chpt 11
- Smerdyakov was silent and still scanned Ivan with the same insolent stare.†
Chpt 11
- What infuriated Ivan more than anything was the aggressive, insolent tone to which Smerdyakov persistently adhered.†
Chpt 11
- "That's nobody's business," she snapped at once, with a sort of insolent defiance.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(insolent) rudely disrespectful