insolence

«insolence» in Mova's school dictionary: rude, cheeky behaviour towards someone in charge or older… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (no plural)

meaning for a pupil

1) Insolence is rude, cheeky behaviour towards someone in charge or older than you. tree →

2) Insolence is a proud and disrespectful manner. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a rude answer to a king earns punishment; in lessons a disrespectful tone to a teacher

examples

• The king would not tolerate such insolence. tree →
• Stop that insolence and say sorry. tree →
• I will not forgive your insolence. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Lift not up your horn on high; speak not insolence with a haughty neck.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «insolence» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.