insolence

insolence
n
1. impertinence, impudence, audacity, effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness; boldness, brazenness, brashness, pertness, freshness, shamelessness, Inf. cheekiness, Inf. sassiness, Inf. brassiness; impoliteness, disrespect, contemptuousness, unman-nerliness, ill-manneredness, incivility, rudeness; bumptiousness, cockiness, cocksureness, self-assertiveness or self-assertion, chutzpah, forwardness; meddlesomeness, intrusiveness, officiousness.
2.All Inf. brass, sass, cheek, guff, back talk, sauce, face, crust; All Sl. gall, nerve, lip, mouth, Brit. side.

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