Reverse Dictionary: INSOLENT

ADJECTIVES
1000 — RANK having a high opinion of one’s own importance; insolent, arrogant → obs.
1297 — KEEN bold, proud, forward, insolent, heinous → obs.
1330 — APERT outspoken, forward in manner, bold, insolent → obs.
1475 — WANTON OF WORD violent or insolent in speech → obs.
1509 — SUPERBIOUS insolent, proud, overbearing → arch.
1511 — SAUCY insolent or disrespectful, esp. towards those in authority
1513 — WANTON of persons: insolent in triumph or prosperity; reckless of justice and humanity; merciless → obs.
1529 — SURCUIDANT arrogant, insolent, presumptuous → obs.
1548 — CONTUMELIOUS using contemptuous reproach or abuse; superciliously insolent
1568 — COCKING insolent; cocky; strutting, swaggering → obs.
1568 — LUSTY insolent, arrogant, self-confident → obs.
1584 — PERKING insolent, arrogant, conceited → obs.
1586 — PAUGHTY pert, impertinent, saucy, insolent → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1596 — SWAGGERING having a blustering or insolent air of superiority
1598 — EFFRONTED shameless, barefaced, unblushingly insolent → obs.
1598 — PETULANT insolent, impudent, rude → obs.
1607 — FACY insolent, impudent → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1630 — OPPROBRIOUS of actions, feelings, etc.: offering or disposed to offer indignity; insulting, insolent → obs.
1641 — BARDISH rude, insolent → Sc. obs.
1647 — SUPERBIENT insolent, overbearing; proud, arrogant → obs.
1660 — PROCACIOUS forward, insolent, impudent, saucy, pert, petulant
1676 — HECTORLY blustering, insolent
1700 — WANTON MAD mad with the insolence of prosperity → obs.
1730 — MANDY abusive, insolent, saucy; surly → Eng. dial.
1755 — HUFFISH arrogant, insolent
1786 — SKELPIE — SKELPY insolent, mischievous → Sc. obs.
1799 — SASSY insolent or disrespectful, esp. to someone in authority → orig. US
1808 — GABBIT impudent or insolent in speech → Sc.
1809 — PAWKY insolent, impertinent → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1816 — BROWBEATING bullying, insolent
1822 — BARDIE — BARDY forward, pert, shameless, insolent → Sc.
1825 — ILL-MOUTHED impudent, insolent, abusive, foul-mouthed → Sc. 
1831 — HUBRISTIC insolent, contemptuous
1856 — KECK pert, insolent, lively → Eng. dial.
1858 — SNOUTY overbearing; insolent → colloq.
1868 — BRICKETY — BRIGATY — BRIGETTY — BRIGGITY  — BRIGGOTY — BRIGITY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing → Amer. dial.
1874 — NEW cheeky, insolent → US sl.
1875 — LIPPY insolent, impertinent; talkative, verbose → colloq.
1882 — ILL-HUNG of a tongue: impudent, insolent → Sc.
1888 — CALM quietly insolent; unabashed, impudent → colloq.
1888 — CHUNTERY insolent → Eng. dial.
1894 — JABBY saucy, insolent → Eng. dial.
1895 — ILL-GABBED foul-mouthed; having a habit of using insolent, abusive language → Sc.
1897 — BRUSSEN brash, insolent → Eng. dial.
1904 — NIFTY cheeky, insolent, disrespectful of authority → US sl.
1923 — HUBRISTICAL insolent, contemptuous
1974 — CHOPSY inclined to talk a lot, esp. in an insolent, rude, or belligerent way → chiefly Welsh

ADVERBS
1389 — DESPISANTLY despisingly, insolently → obs.
1535 — DESPITEFULLY opprobriously, insolently, shamefully → arch.
1556 — SAUCE MALAPERTLY in an insolently abusive manner → obs.
1653 — TOUCHILY in a bold or insolent manner → obs.
1734 — COCKINGLY in an insolent or cocky manner → obs.

NOUNS
1400 — ANGARD arrogance, presumption; insolence → obs.
1450 — CONTUMELY an insult, an insolent reproach; a piece of scornful insolence
1480 — WANTONNESS arrogance, insolence of triumph or prosperity
1494 — BLUSTERING loud swaggering insolence; noisy and windy talk
1529 — IMPUDENCY impudence, shameless effrontery, insolent disrespect, insolence
1529 — SAUCE MALAPERT impertinence, insolence → obs.
1538 — PROCACITY insolence or arrogance in attitude or tone; cheekiness
1679 — AFFRONTERY effrontery; shameless audacity, unblushing insolence
1710 — GANSEL a severe rebuke; a scolding; insolent language → Sc.
1715 — EFFRONTERY unblushing insolence; shameless audacity
1751 — GUM insolence → sl.
1786 — SNASH insolent, impertinence, abuse → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1787 — GASH pert, insolent language → Sc.
1809 — ILL-JAW coarse, abusive language, insolence; an abusive tongue → Sc.
1815 — GUFF insolent talk → colloq.
1816 — NASH-GAB — NASH-GOB impertinent chatter, insolent talk → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1825 — CHEEK impudent, insolent, or disrespectful speech
1834 — JIMBER-JAW back-talk, rudeness, insolence, impertinence, cheek → Amer. dial.
1841 — SASS insolent, impudent, or disrespectful speech, esp. directed at someone in authority → orig. US
.M19 — BACK-JAW an insolent or hostile answer; a retort; mutual abuse → Sc. & Amer. dial.
1862 — SASS BACK to reply in an insolent, disrespectful, or cheeky manner
1866 — ILL-GAB insolent, impudent language → Sc.
1877 — CHIN — CHIN-CHIN insolent talk → sl., orig. & chiefly US 
1880 — ILL-MOUTH insolent, vile language, an abusive tongue, a disposition to use such language → Sc.
1881 — CRYPTO-INSOLENCE veiled insolence
1882 — FLINK a pert or insolent kind of deportment; a conceited, jaunty air; a frolic, a flirtation; a good time, a ‘fling’ → Sc. & Eng. & Amer dial.
1883 — BACK SASS insolent or cheeky remarks, esp. made in reply to someone in authority → US colloq.
1889 — PAUK — PAWK impertinence, forwardness, precocity; insolent, impertinent talk → Eng. dial.
1891 — MOUTH insolent talk → colloq.
1895 — BUCK — BUKH boastful talk or insolence → sl.
1895 — OLD BUCK boastful talk or insolence → sl.
1901 — BACKCHAT impudent replies; backtalk; answering back in an insolent manner → UK sl., orig. military
1905 — NASH pert, insolent talk → Sc. (Bk.)
1906 — BACKWASH insolent or nonsensical talk; backtalk → Amer. sl.
1908 — BACK SLACK backtalk, cheek, insolence → Amer. sl.
1914 — BUGABOO loud talk, insolence
1935 — CRAP harassment; abuse, insolence → orig. & chiefly US
1937 — MESS insolence, abuse → colloq., chiefly US
1950 — BACK-LIP cheek, insolence → US sl.
1952 — SLOP insolence → sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1540 — PRINCOCK a pert, saucy, vain, or insolent boy or young man → chiefly humorous or derogatory usage
1586 — IMPUDENT a person of unblushing effrontery or insolence
1601 — PUFF a person who behaves arrogantly or insolently → obs.
1621 — IMPOSTUME a person swollen with pride or insolence → obs.
1635 — IMPERTINENT a meddlesome, presumptuous, or insolent person; one who does or says that which he has no business to do or say, and which is considered a piece of presumption or insolence
1667 — JACK-GENTLEMAN a man of low birth or manners making pretensions to be a gentleman; an insolent fellow, an upstart → obs.
1690 — JACK-IN-OFFICE an overbearing or imperious petty official with inflated ideas of his own importance; a person who presumes on his official position to be pert or rude; an insolent fellow in authority; an upstart
1754 — IMPERTINENCE an impertinent or insolent person
1787 — JACK-GENTLEWOMAN a  woman of low birth or manners making pretensions to be a gentlewoman; an insolent woman, an upstart → obs.
1820 — SKELPIE — SKELPY an insolent or mischievous child, esp. a girl → Sc.
1968 — SMART MOUTH an insolent talker; also, one who is good at repartee → US sl.
1971 — WISEASS an insolent, smug person → US sl.
1988 — HEY-YOU an uncouth or insolent person → Sc. sl.

VERBS
1598 — HUFF to speak insolently or arrogantly; to bluster → obs.
1801— SET UP ONE’S GASH to talk pertly; to give an insolent reply → Sc. 
1840 — GIVE CHEEK to speak insolently → sl.
.M19 — BACK-JAW to answer in an insolent or hostile manner; to retort, altercate, abuse → Sc. & Amer. dial.
1856 — KECKLE to retort impertinently; to speak insolently → Eng. dial.
1859 — BRASS IT to behave with effrontery → colloq.
1866 — ILL-JAW to give someone insolence, to revile, to abuse → Sc.
1866 — ILL-MOUTH to use abusive, insolent language → Sc. 
1866 — SASS to speak in an insolent, disrespectful, or cheeky manner → orig. US
1880 — GANGE to talk in a pert, silly manner; to talk insolently → Sc.
1880 — GAUNGE to talk in a pert, silly manner; to talk insolently → Sc. obs.
1905 — ILL-GAB to use abusive, insolent language → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — ILL-WEEN to use insolent, abusive language → Sc. (Bk.)
1917 — BACK-SASS to reply in an insolent or cheeky manner → US colloq.
1919 — BACKCHAT to answer back in an insolent manner → Aust. sl.
1934 — BACK-TALK to talk back to a person esp. in an insolent manner → chiefly US
1955 — BACK-LIP to speak insolently to; to backtalk → Amer. sl.
1957 — MOUTH to speak insolently or offensively to → colloq., orig. & chiefly US
1962 — COP AN ATTITUDE to become arrogant or insolent; to become angry → Amer. sl.
1976 — SMART-MOUTH to talk insolently to → US sl.