Disgraceful vs Insolent - What's the difference?
disgraceful | insolent | Related terms |
Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
Insulting in manner or words.
Rude.
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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,!”
Cheeky.