All 5 Uses of
insolent
in
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- But he had more brains and more inner dignity and outer insolence and humor than any man that he had ever known.
Chpt 18 *insolence = rude disrespect
- Kashkin had made him out to be a hell of a fellow and Karkov had at first been insultingly polite and then, when Robert Jordan had not played at being a hero but had told a story that was really funny and obscenely discreditable to himself, Karkov had shifted from the politeness to a relieved rudeness and then to insolence and they had become friends.†
Chpt 18insolence = rude, disrespectful behavior or action
- She was his wife and he said something to her in Russian that no one could hear and for a moment the insolence that had been in his eyes as he entered the room was gone.†
Chpt 32
- "Liquidated," the officer said insolently as though speaking to himself.†
Chpt 40insolently = with rude disrespect
- Karkov said insolently, nodding toward the map.†
Chpt 42
Definition:
rudely disrespectful -- especially toward someone in authority