impudent

Adjective

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

1. Not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.
   • The impudent children would not stop talking in class.
   • Sir Iohn, ſir Iohn, I am well acquainted with your maner of wrenching the true cauſe,the falſe way. It is not a confident brow, nor the throng of wordes, that come with ſuch (more then impudent) ſawcines from you, can thruſt me from a leuell conſideration, […]c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

   Synonyms:

   bold, brazen-faced, insolent, audacious, get wise, bold-faced, bold as brass, brassy, malapert, brazen

2. (obsolete) Lacking modesty or shame; indelicate.
   • Dian. Good my Lord,
     Aske him vpon his oath, if hee do’s thinke
     He had not my virginity.
     Kin. What ſaift thou to her?
     Ber. She’s impudent my Lord,
     And was a common gameſter to the Campe.
     Dia. He do’s me wrong my Lord: If I were ſo,
     He might haue bought me at a common price.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
   • So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face, said vnto him, I haue peace offerings with me: this day haue I paid my vowes. Therefore came I forth to meete thee, diligently to seeke thy face, and I haue found thee.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 7:13–15