Impudent

I noticed, for example, that old Mr Hardcastle Steve Pemberton - not, admittedly, a highly articulate character - uses the word "impudent" so often that it palls. ❋ Charles Moore (2012)

She nearly sank upon the ground last night when he called the impudent wench his bride. ❋ Wilhelm Meinhold (1824)

What some would call impudent, Teddy said, others might call spirited. ❋ Kate Morton (2008)

He turned to the soup tureen and placed the lid gently at my side, fixing me with a look I can only describe as impudent. ❋ Mark Gatiss (2004)

Goodwin is represented as complaining in these words, “Lord, thou hast deceived us, and we were deceived;” — words which Burnet characterizes as impudent and enthusiastic boldness; but which, if used at all, were evidently accommodated from Jer.xx. 7, and used in the sense in which the prophet himself had used them; q.d., ❋ Unknown (1965)

When, in spite of all the vigilance and cruelty that could be practiced, there were still some who were characterized as impudent, unruly or, likely to make their escape at some time, and therefore were dangerous to be among other slaves, they would be roped and sold to "Georgia traders." ❋ Unknown (1919)

The Tomato Ketchup's husband he pounded the floor for me to shut up, an 'I told him -- though I never was what you might call a impudent janitor -- that if he thought he could chop it up any more soft, he'd better engage in it. ❋ Zona Gale (1906)

Polly, for that would have been called impudent familiarity, punishable with wiphping at the "post;" but when I met young master in the entry, I learned from him that the case was one ❋ Unknown (1857)

"I am ready to point at those, who can be described as the impudent in this business," ❋ Unknown (2010)

I imagine you in a tee shirt with just the word 'impudent' printed on the front and 'bloviate' printed on the back. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The story never resolves, but we get both lion hunting and a love triangle: a writer named Ernest Hemingway, his wife, Mary, and Debba, an "impudent" young Wakamba woman. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In Danish, the title is Jungledyret Hugo: Fræk, Flabet og Fri - which means Hugo the Jungle Animal: Impudent, - well, another kind of impudent - and Free. ❋ Hans Perk (2007)

They were among 433 foreigners -- over half women-- who were arrested by Saudi religious police for arranging an "impudent" party held in Jiddah . ❋ Howard M. Friedman (2007)

They followed their chief into the salon, however, with a kind of impudent curiosity. ❋ Unknown (2002)

I am glad Dr. Levine's letter gives still further prominence to what I described in my review as the "impudent" pretensions of psychoanalysts. ❋ Levine, Howard B. (1975)

Then there was singing and night-dances, and then, too, if the child danced and sang, and was "impudent," the parents boasted over its abilities. ❋ George Turner (N/A)

Gorman waited until the next session of Congress and then, in a speech before the Senate, complained that he had received a very "impudent" letter from Commissioner Roosevelt "cruelly" calling him to account, when he was simply endeavoring to right a great wrong which the Commission had committed. ❋ Thayer, William R (1919)