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Impertinent vs Insulting - What's the difference?

impertinent | insulting | Synonyms |

Impertinent is a synonym of insulting.


As adjectives the difference between impertinent and insulting

is that impertinent is insolent, ill-mannered while insulting is containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

As nouns the difference between impertinent and insulting

is that impertinent is an impertinent individual while insulting is the act of giving insult.

As a verb insulting is

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impertinent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • insolent, ill-mannered
  • * Tillotson
  • things that are impertinent to us
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
  • irrelevant (opposite of pertinent)
  • Usage notes

    Although, historically, definition 2 was the original (derived from the French below) usage; meaning gradually changed to definition 1. More recently general usage has come to, once again, incorporate definition 2. As many older speakers will consider definition 2 incorrect, avoiding the word altogether may be advisable. The construction "not pertinent" is one possible alternative.

    Synonyms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An impertinent individual.
  • * (Maria Edgeworth)
  • comfortably recessed from curious impertinents
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    insulting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
  • He received an insulting letter.

    Derived terms

    * insultingly

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving insult.
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
  • grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction

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