'Impertinence' definitions:
Definition of 'impertinence'
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Definition of 'Impertinence'
From: GCIDE
- Impertinence \Im*per"ti*nence\, n. [Cf. F. impertinence. See Impertinent.]
- 1. The condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility. [1913 Webster]
- We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be understood. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value. [1913 Webster]
- There are many subtile impertinences learned in schools. --Watts. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impertinence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrogance,
- audacity,
- bold front,
- boldness,
- brash bearing,
- brashness,
- brass,
- brassiness,
- bravado,
- brazenfacedness,
- brazenness,
- bumptiousness,
- butting-in,
- cheek,
- cheekiness,
- chutzpah,
- cockiness,
- contempt,
- contemptuousness,
- daring,
- daringness,
- defial,
- defiance,
- defying,
- derision,
- despite,
- disassociation,
- disconnection,
- discourtesy,
- discreteness,
- disdain,
- disjunction,
- disjuncture,
- disregard,
- disrespect,
- disrespectfulness,
- dissociation,
- effrontery,
- face of brass,
- flippancy,
- forwardness,
- freshness,
- gall,
- hardihood,
- immateriality,
- impoliteness,
- impudence,
- inapplicability,
- inappositeness,
- incivility,
- inconnection,
- inconsequence,
- independence,
- inquisitiveness,
- insolence,
- intermeddling,
- intrusiveness,
- irrelation,
- irrelevance,
- meddlesomeness,
- meddling,
- nerve,
- obtrusiveness,
- officiousness,
- pertness,
- presumption,
- presumptuousness,
- ridicule,
- rudeness,
- sauciness,
- separateness,
- unconnectedness,
- unrelatedness