All 7 Uses of
insolent
in
Notes from the Underground
- Twice two makes four seems to me simply a piece of insolence.†
Chpt 1.9 *
- And how persistent, how insolent are your sallies, and at the same time what a scare you are in!†
Chpt 1.11
- What I was afraid of was that everyone present, from the insolent marker down to the lowest little stinking, pimply clerk in a greasy collar, would jeer at me and fail to understand when I began to protest and to address them in literary language.†
Chpt 2.1
- "Can you imagine," Ferfitchkin interrupted hotly and conceitedly, like some insolent flunkey boasting of his master the General's decorations, "can you imagine that Zverkov will let us pay alone?†
Chpt 2.3
- "Yes, you can't afford to dine at cafes on that," Ferfitchkin added insolently.†
Chpt 2.4
- How you have changed!" added Zverkov, with a shade of venom in his voice, scanning me and my attire with a sort of insolent compassion.†
Chpt 2.4
- I scanned them all insolently with my drowsy eyes.†
Chpt 2.4
Definition:
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(insolent) rudely disrespectful