Meanings
nounimpudence (countable and uncountable, plural impudences)
plural impudences
- countableuncountableImpudent language, conduct or behavior.
1 more example
That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. And if the arts of humbleness failed him, he overcame you by sheer impudence.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinimpudentia
- Middle Frenchimpudence
- Englishimpudence
From Middle French impudence, from Latin impudentia.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic صَفَاقَة, وَقَاحَة
- صَفَاقَة (ṣafāqa)quality of being impudent
- وَقَاحَة (waqāḥa)quality of being impudent
Bulgarian наха́лство, дъ́рзост
- наха́лство (nahálstvo)quality of being impudent
- дъ́рзост (dắrzost)quality of being impudent
- безо́чие (bezóčie)impudent language, conduct or behavior
Catalan impudència
- impudènciaquality of being impudent
Chinese Mandarin 厚臉皮 /厚脸皮, 厚顏 /厚颜
- 厚臉皮 /厚脸皮 (hòu liǎnpí)quality of being impudent
- 厚顏 /厚颜 (hòuyán)quality of being impudent
- 無恥 /无耻 (wúchǐ)quality of being impudent
Czech drzost, nestydatost
- drzostquality of being impudent
- nestydatostquality of being impudent
- opovážlivostquality of being impudent
- drzostimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Dutch onbeschoftheid, onbeschaamdheid
- onbeschoftheidquality of being impudent
- onbeschaamdheidquality of being impudent
- brutaliteitquality of being impudent
- onbeschaamdheidimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Finnish röyhkeys, häpeämättömyys
- röyhkeysquality of being impudent
- häpeämättömyysquality of being impudent
- julkeusquality of being impudent
- röyhkeysimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- häpeämättömyysimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- julkeusimpudent language, conduct or behavior
French impudence, impudence
- impudencequality of being impudent
- impudenceimpudent language, conduct or behavior
German Flegelei, Frechheit
- Flegeleiquality of being impudent
- Frechheitquality of being impudent
- Unverschämtheitquality of being impudent
- Vermessenheitquality of being impudent
- Unverfrorenheitquality of being impudent
- Flegeleiimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- Frechheitimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- Unverschämtheitimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- Vermessenheitimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- unverschämtes Benehmenimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- Unverfrorenheitimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Greek θράσος, θράσος
- θράσος (thrásos)quality of being impudent
- θράσος (thrásos)impudent language, conduct or behavior
Hebrew עזות־מצח
- עזות־מצח (azút-métsakh)quality of being impudent
Irish brusaireacht, gearr-aighneas
- brusaireachtquality of being impudent
- gearr-aighneasquality of being impudent
- dailtíneachtquality of being impudent
- brusaireachtimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- gearr-aighneasimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Italian impudenza, sfrontatezza
- impudenzaquality of being impudent
- sfrontatezzaquality of being impudent
- impudenzaimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- sfrontatezzaimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Japanese 厚かましさ
- 厚かましさ (atsukamashisa)quality of being impudent
Korean 뻔뻔스러움, 뻔뻔함
- 뻔뻔스러움 (ppeonppeonseureoum)quality of being impudent
- 뻔뻔함 (ppeonppeonham)quality of being impudent
Latin impudentia, impudentia
- impudentiaquality of being impudent
- impudentiaimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Norwegian Bokmål frekkhet, uforskammethet
- frekkhetquality of being impudent
- uforskammethetquality of being impudent
- frekkhetimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- uforskammethetimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Polish arogancja, bezczelność
- arogancjaquality of being impudent
- bezczelnośćquality of being impudent
- bezwstydnośćquality of being impudent
- hucpiarstwoquality of being impudent
- impertynenckośćquality of being impudent
- zuchwalstwoquality of being impudent
- zuchwałośćquality of being impudent
- arogancjaimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- bezczelnośćimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- bezwstydnośćimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- hucpiarstwoimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- impertynenckośćimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Portuguese impudência, impudência
- impudênciaquality of being impudent
- impudênciaimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Romanian obrăznicie, impudoare
- obrăzniciequality of being impudent
- impudoarequality of being impudent
- impudențăquality of being impudent
- obrăznicieimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Russian на́глость, де́рзость
- на́глость (náglostʹ)quality of being impudent
- де́рзость (dérzostʹ)quality of being impudent
- наха́льство (naxálʹstvo)quality of being impudent
- нахра́пистость (naxrápistostʹ)quality of being impudent
- на́глость (náglostʹ)impudent language, conduct or behavior
- де́рзость (dérzostʹ)impudent language, conduct or behavior
- наха́льство (naxálʹstvo)impudent language, conduct or behavior
Scottish Gaelic sgimilearachd, sgimilearachd
- sgimilearachdquality of being impudent
- sgimilearachdimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Spanish impudencia, descaro
- impudenciaquality of being impudent
- descaroquality of being impudent
- desenvolturaquality of being impudent
- impudiciaimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- descaroimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- insolenciaimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- desvergüenzaimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Turkish arsızlık, arsızlık
- arsızlıkquality of being impudent
- arsızlıkimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Welsh haerllugrwyd, digywilydd-dra
- haerllugrwydquality of being impudent
- digywilydd-draquality of being impudent
- rhyfygquality of being impudent
- haerllugrwydimpudent language, conduct or behavior
- digywilydd-draimpudent language, conduct or behavior
Cite this entry
APA
impudence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impudence
MLA
“impudence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impudence. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impudence,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impudence.
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