Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "insolent" is:byvoeglike naamwoord: toon 'n onbeskofte of arrogante gebrek aan respek; astrant; oneerbiedig.Voorbeeldsin: Die student se brutale gedrag teenoor die onderwyser het tot aanhouding gelei.
They are strong and hardy, but of a cowardly spirit, and by consequence insolent, abject, and cruel.
The old man was alarmed and Zoraida too, for the Moors commonly, and, so to speak, instinctively have a dread of the Turks, but particularly of the soldiers, who are so insolent and domineering to the Moors who are under their power that they treat them worse than if they were their slaves.
Today, she regarded me the same way teachers looked at an insolent pupil.
Wherever he went in camp, he would encounter insolent and lingeringly cruel stares.
In this state Frank Churchill had found her, she trembling and conditioning, they loud and insolent.
He arrived at his usual hour, with a proud look and insolent demeanor he alighted, passed through the corridors, and entered the house without observing the hesitation of the door-keepers or the coolness of his colleagues.
The passengers drew around and took part in the discussion, in which Colonel Proctor, with his insolent manner, was conspicuous.
He was a man of twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, of unprepossessing countenance, obsequious to his superiors, insolent to his subordinates and this, in addition to his position as responsible agent on board, which is always obnoxious to the sailors, made him as much disliked by the crew as Edmond Dantès was beloved by them.
Filbert got up his courage, cleared his throat and determined to speak his mind to this insolent new Lord.
