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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Characterized by offensive boldness; insolent or impertinent. See Synonyms at shameless.
  2. adj. Obsolete Immodest.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Immodest; shameless; brazen; indelicate.
  2. Offensively forward in behavior; intentionally disrespectful; insolent; possessed of unblushing assurance.
  3. Manifesting impudence; exhibiting or characterized by disrespect toward or disregard of others.
  4. Synonyms Bold, bold-faced, brazen-faced, presumptuous, pert, rude, saucy. See impudence.

Wiktionary

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

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Behaving boldly, with contempt or disregard for propriety in behavior toward others; unblushingly forward; impertinent; saucy.
  2. adj. Lacking modesty; shameless.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. improperly forward or bold
  2. adj. marked by casual disrespect

Etymologies

  1. Middle English, from Latin impudēns, impudent- : in-, not; see in-1 + pudēns, present participle of pudēre, to be ashamed.

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