1 (of a person or a person’s behavior) intentionally and rudely showing no respect:
Students were often inattentive, sometimes even insolent, and showed relatively little interest in their work.
Now they were perceived as aggressive, insolent, and even dangerous imperialists.
As he climbs up the stairs of domestic service, and establishes his domain over more and more of the house, he becomes increasingly insolent.
Her at first sight insolent behaviour towards the young man is in fact a method of self-defence against male aggression, and as such another expression of her mental strength.
The more you feed it, the more insolent it becomes’.
That is a most insolent and offensive remark.
In those days it was a bold thing to rob the insolent baron, in order to give to the humble serf.
They are the most insolent and the most insulting part of the whole scheme.
It is insolent to suggest that six months at some management course will turn a generalist into a skilled manager.
