impertinences in English

noun

1

lack of respect; rudeness.

they gasped at the impertinence of the suggestion

synonyms: rudeness, insolence, impoliteness, bad manners, discourtesy, disrespect, incivility, impudence, cheek, cheekiness, audacity, presumption, temerity, effrontery, nerve, gall, boldness, cockiness, brazenness, brass, sauce, sass, sassiness, chutzpah, lip, back-talk, guff, assumption

noun

rudeness, insolence, impoliteness, bad manners, discourtesy, disrespect, incivility, impudence, cheek, cheekiness, audacity, presumption, temerity, effrontery, nerve, gall, boldness, cockiness, brazenness, brass, sauce, sass, sassiness, chutzpah, lip, back-talk, guff, assumption
cheekiness, crust, impudence, insolence, freshness, gall
sauciness, pertness, archness, perkiness
impudence, cheek

Use "impertinences" in a sentence

1. She was able to cogitate quite clearly while exchanging honeyed impertinences with Mrs. Branderton.

2. FRDRIC MISTRAL CHARLES ALFRED DOWNER And his glance, anxious and Beseeching, sought the Nabob, as though to demand his pardon for all these paradoxical impertinences