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Definition of impudence in English: impudencenoun ˈɪmpjʊd(ə)nsˈɪmpjədəns mass nounThe quality of being impudent; impertinence. his arrogance and impudence had offended many Example sentencesExamples - The impudence and the irony of the attack can escape no one.
- She had the impudence to get impatient, tapping her fingers on the desk, and tidying empty bags as she waited.
- She sashays with admirable impudence into the back quarters of the salon.
- Yet she could not help herself and paid dearly for this impudence.
- ‘Yes,’ the queen replied, curtly, still ruffled by her husband's impudence.
Synonyms impertinence, insolence, effrontery, cheek, audacity, temerity, brazenness, shamelessness, immodesty, pertness presumption, presumptuousness, disrespect, insubordination, irreverence, flippancy, bumptiousness, brashness, boldness rudeness, impoliteness, ill manners, bad manners, unmannerliness, discourteousness, gall, ill breeding informal freshness, cockiness, brass neck, sauce, sauciness, lip, mouth, face, nerve North American informal sassiness, chutzpah, nerviness
Definition of impudence in US English: impudencenounˈimpyədənsˈɪmpjədəns The quality of being impudent; impertinence. his arrogance and impudence had offended many Example sentencesExamples - She had the impudence to get impatient, tapping her fingers on the desk, and tidying empty bags as she waited.
- The impudence and the irony of the attack can escape no one.
- Yet she could not help herself and paid dearly for this impudence.
- ‘Yes,’ the queen replied, curtly, still ruffled by her husband's impudence.
- She sashays with admirable impudence into the back quarters of the salon.
Synonyms impertinence, insolence, effrontery, cheek, audacity, temerity, brazenness, shamelessness, immodesty, pertness
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