[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

insolent \in"solent\, a. f. insolent, l. insolens, -entis,
   pref. in- not + solens accustomed, p. pr. of solere to be
   accustomed.
   1913 webster
   1. deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange;
      unusual. obs.
      1913 webster

            if one chance to derive any word from the latin
            which is insolent to their ears . . . they forthwith
            make a jest at it.                    --pettie.
      1913 webster

            if any should accuse me of being new or insolent.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or
      language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or
      disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent
      servant. "a paltry, insolent fellow." --shak.
      1913 webster

            insolent is he that despiseth in his judgment all
            other folks as in regard of his value, of his
            cunning, of his speaking, and of his bearing.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            can you not see? or will ye not observe . . .
            how insolent of late he is become,
            how proud, how peremptory?            --shak.
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   3. proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting;
      as, insolent words or behavior.
      1913 webster

            their insolent triumph excited . . . indignation.
                                                  --macaulay.

   syn: overbearing; insulting; abusive; offensive; saucy;
        impudent; audacious; pert; impertinent; rude;
        reproachful; opprobrious.

   usage: insolent, insulting. insolent, in its primitive
          sense, simply denoted unusual; and to act insolently
          was to act in violation of the established rules of
          social intercourse. he who did this was insolent; and
          thus the word became one of the most offensive in our
          language, indicating gross disregard for the feelings
          of others. insulting denotes a personal attack, either
          in words or actions, indicative either of scorn or
          triumph. compare impertinent, affront,
          impudence.
          1913 webster
see also:
insolent insulting impertinent affront impudence 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

insolent
     adj 1: marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious
            question"; "the student was kept in for impudent
            behavior" syn: impudent, snotty-nosed, flip
     2: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick
        to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious
        display of tourism this side of anaheim"- los angeles
        times; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern
        world with its quick material successes and insolent
        belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"-
        bertrand russell syn: audacious, barefaced, bodacious,
         bold-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced
see also:
impudent snotty-nosed flip audacious barefaced bodacious 
bold-faced brassy brazen brazen-faced 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

114 moby thesaurus words for "insolent":
   abusive, arrogant, assuming, atrocious, audacious, aweless,
   backhand, backhanded, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, brazenfaced,
   bumptious, callous, calumnious, cavalier, challenging, cheeky,
   cocky, cold, contemptuous, contumelious, cool, crude, daring,
   defiant, defying, degrading, derisive, dictatorial, discourteous,
   disdainful, disparaging, disregardful, disrespectful, familiar,
   forward, fresh, greatly daring, hard, hardened, haughty,
   high-and-mighty, hubristic, humiliating, impenitent, imperative,
   impertinent, impolite, improvident, imprudent, impudent, inaffable,
   incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insubordinate, insulting,
   irreverent, left-handed, lofty, magisterial, obdurate, obtrusive,
   offensive, outrageous, overbearing, overbold, overcareless,
   overconfident, overpresumptuous, oversure, overweening, peremptory,
   pert, presuming, presumptuous, procacious, pushy, rash,
   regardless of consequences, ridiculing, rude, saucy, scurrile,
   scurrilous, self-appointed, self-elect, supercilious, superior,
   temerarious, unabject, unaccommodating, unchary, uncivil,
   uncomplaisant, uncontrite, uncourteous, uncourtly, ungallant,
   ungracious, unmelted, unpolite, unrepentant, unrepenting,
   unsoftened, unspeakable, untouched, unwary, uppish, uppity, wise,
   would-be

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