impudent

English

Etymology

From Middle French impudent, from Latin impudēns (“shameless”), ultimately from in- +‎ pudere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmpjədənt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Adjective

impudent (comparative more impudent or (informal) impudenter, superlative most impudent or (informal) impudentest)

1. Not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.

   Synonyms: bold, brazen-faced; see also Thesaurus:cheeky

   The impudent children would not stop talking in class.

   • 1877, Emma Jane Worboise, “The New Evangeline”, in The Grey House at Endlestone, London: James Clarke and Co., […]; Hodder and Stoughton, […], →OCLC, page 480:

     And another asked me if I had come to get a Canadian sweetheart; and a third, one of the impudentest, most conceitedest fellows I ever did set eyes upon, nudged me, so that I spilled my coffee all over my second-best damask-silk apron—the one with bugle fringe, you know, Miss Capel—and says he, 'Is it a case of Barkis is willin'?'

Derived terms

• impudently

Related terms

• impudence

Translations

not showing due respect

• Belarusian: наха́бны (naxábny), зухва́льскі (zuxválʹski), дзёрзкі (dzjórzki)
• Bulgarian: дъ́рзък (bg) (dǎ́rzǎk), наха́лен (bg) (nahálen), безочли́в (bg) (bezočlív), на́гъл (bg) (nágǎl)
• Catalan: impudent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放肆 (zh) (fàngsì)

• Crimean Tatar: arsız
• Czech: drzý (cs), nestydatý, nestoudný (cs)
• Danish: næsvis
• Dutch: brutaal (nl)
• Esperanto: aroganta, senhonta
• Finnish: röyhkeä (fi), häpeämätön (fi), hävytön (fi), julkea (fi)
• French: impudent (fr), impertinent (fr)
• Georgian: უპატივცემულო (uṗaṭivcemulo), თავხედი (ka) (tavxedi), უტიფარი (uṭipari), ურცხვი (urcxvi)
• German: frech (de), respektlos (de), schamlos (de), impertinent (de), dreist (de), unverfroren (de), unverschämt (de)
• Greek: θρασύς (el) (thrasýs)
• Hungarian: szemtelen (hu), pimasz (hu), arcátlan (hu)
• Indonesian: lancang (id), kurang ajar (id)
• Irish: aisfhreagrach, anbhal, athchainteach, dailtíneach, deiliúsach, gíománta, neamhshotalach, ogmartha, seiceallach, smuilcíneach, soibealta, sotalach, streabhógach
• Italian: impertinente (it), sfrontato (it), impudente (it)
• Latin: procax, impudens
• Limburgish: vrech (li)
• Macedonian: др́зок (dŕzok), на́хален (náhalen)
• Maori: tahataha
• Persian: گستاخ (fa) (gostâx), بی‌ادب (fa) (bi-adab)
• Plautdietsch: onheeflich, onveschämt
• Polish: bezczelny (pl), arogancki (pl), bezwstydny (pl), hucpiarski, impertynencki (pl), rozpanoszony, rozzuchwalony, tupeciarski, zuchwały (pl)
• Portuguese: impudente, insolente (pt), descarado (pt)
• Russian: де́рзкий (ru) (dérzkij), наха́льный (ru) (naxálʹnyj), на́глый (ru) (náglyj)
• Slovak: drzý, bezočivý
• Spanish: insolente (es), descarado (es), fresco (es) (colloquial), impertinente (es)
• Swedish: näsvis (sv), uppnosig (sv), oförskämd (sv)
• Tagalog: dansay
• Thai: ทะลึ่ง (th) (tá-lʉ̂ng), อาจเอื้อม (th) (àat-ʉ̂ʉam), หยาบคาย (th) (yàap-kaai)
• Turkish: arsız (tr)
• Ukrainian: наха́бний m (naxábnyj), зухва́лий m (zuxvályj), зухва́льний m (zuxválʹnyj), безсоромний (uk) m (bezsoromnyj)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin impudentem.

Adjective

impudent m or f (masculine and feminine plural impudents)

1. impudent

Derived terms

• impudentment

Related terms

• impudència

Further reading

• “impudent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “impudent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “impudent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “impudent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impudentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.py.dɑ̃/

Adjective

impudent (feminine impudente, masculine plural impudents, feminine plural impudentes)

1. impudent

Related terms

• impudence

Further reading

• “impudent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impudēns.

Adjective

impudent m (feminine singular impudente, masculine plural impudens, feminine plural impudentes)

1. impudent