Definition of insolent

"insolent" in the adjective sense

1. impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip

marked by casual disrespect

"a flip answer to serious question"

"the student was kept in for impudent behavior"

2. audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent

unrestrained by convention or propriety

"an audacious trick to pull"

"a barefaced hypocrite"

"the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times

"bald-faced lies"

"brazen arrogance"

"the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell

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Quotations for insolent

An insolent lord is not a gentleman. [ Proverb ]

The multitude unawed is insolent; Once seized with fear, contemptible and vain. [ Mallet ]

Power is always right, weakness always wrong. Power is always insolent and despotic. [ Noah Webster ]

I hate hypocrites, insolent comedians, who put on their virtues with their white gloves. [ A. de Musset ]

It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward that is insolent whenever he dares be so. [ Junius ]

insolent in Scrabble®

The word insolent is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters insolent:

INSOLENT
(81)
INSOLENT
(81)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (4 words)

intones, linnets, lionets, tension

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word insolent

INSOLENT
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In insolent

INSOLENT
(81)
INSOLENT
(81)
TENSION
(78 = 28 + 50)
INTONES
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LINNETS
(78 = 28 + 50)
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LIONETS
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LINNETS
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TENSION
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INTONES
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LIONETS
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INTONES
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TENSION
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LINNETS
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TENSION
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LINNETS
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INTONES
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TENSION
(74 = 24 + 50)
LINNETS
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TENSION
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LINNETS
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LINNETS
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INTONES
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TENSION
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LIONETS
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INTONES
(71 = 21 + 50)
LINNETS
(71 = 21 + 50)
TENSION
(71 = 21 + 50)
LIONETS
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LINNETS
(68 = 18 + 50)
INTONES
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LINNETS
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INTONES
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TENSION
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TENSION
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INTONES
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TENSION
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LINNETS
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TENSION
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TENSION
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insolent in Words With Friends™

The word insolent is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters insolent:

INSOLENT
(90)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (4 words)

intones, linnets, lionets, tension

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word insolent

INSOLENT
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In insolent

INSOLENT
(90)
LINNETS
(89 = 54 + 35)
LINNETS
(83 = 48 + 35)
LINNETS
(83 = 48 + 35)
LIONETS
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TENSION
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INSOLENT
(78)
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INTONES
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INSOLENT
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NELSON
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INSOLENT
(51)
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Words containing the sequence insolent

Words that start with insolent (2 words)

Words with insolent in them (1 word)

Words that end with insolent (1 word)

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