insolence

• There was a kind of insolence which was visible in their tastes even. —  Renée Mauperin
• Their cry was unheard in the courts of justice, while the tear of sorrow was unnoticed amid the pageantry of the great, whose extravagance, insolence, and pride were only surpassed by the misery and degradation of those unfortunate beings on whose toils they lived. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
• Back of this morning's dispute there has been dissatisfaction and covert insolence, and the two are thankful that the end of the trouble is reached Grandon returns to the office heavy hearted in spite of all. —  Floyd Grandon's Honor
• He treated the second address with the same insolence, an insolence which provoked from the Lord Mayor an uncourtierly reply which reminded the King that those who endeavored to alienate the King's affections from his subjects were violators of the public peace and betrayers of the Constitution established by the glorious Revolution. —  A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4)
• They would meet with insolence from the English, which they would not endure, if they had the spirit to resent it; their dispositions, therefore, must be mild and forgiving. —  The Reign of Mary Tudor

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