impudent

adjective
🔊/ˈɪmpjədənt/
🔊/ˈɪmpjədənt/
(formal)
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  1. rude; not showing respect for other people粗鲁的;不恭的 synonym impertinent
    • an impudent young fellow莽撞的年轻人
    • an impudent remark粗鲁的话
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘immodest, indelicate’): from Latin impudent-, from in- ‘not’ + pudent- ‘ashamed, modest’ (from pudere ‘be ashamed’).