mischievous, impertinent, or disrespectful - an obsolete word for immodest
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
im•pu•dent /ˈɪmpyədənt/USA pronunciation
adj.
im•pu•dent•ly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- rude;
very disrespectful:an impudent child.
im•pu•dent•ly, adv.
im•pu•dent
(im′pyə dənt),USA pronunciation adj.
im′pu•dent•ly, adv.
im′pu•dent•ness, n.
- of, pertaining to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery:The student was kept late for impudent behavior.
- [Obs.]shameless or brazenly immodest.
- Latin impudent- (stem of impudēns) shameless, equivalent. to im- im-2 + pud- (base of pudēre to feel shame; compare pudendum) + -ent- -ent
- Middle English 1350–1400
im′pu•dent•ness, n.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged insulting, rude; saucy, pert; presumptuous, fresh, brazen. See impertinent.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged courteous.
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'impudent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
audacious
- back talk
- barefaced
- bodacious
- bold
- bold-faced
- boorish
- brash
- brassbound
- bratty
- brazen
- brazen-faced
- cheeky
- chit
- cool
- effrontery
- flippant
- forward
- gamine
- hussy
- immodest
- impertinent
- impudence
- impudicity
- insolent
- jackanapes
- jaw
- lip
- lippy
- minx
- nonsense
- parasite
- pert
- petulant
- quean
- rude
- sass
- sauce
- saucy
- shameless
- snotnosed
- squirt
- whelp