marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
disapproval If you describe someone as impudent, you mean they are rude or disrespectful, or do something they have no right to do. Some of them were impudent and insulting. = cheeky + impudence im·pu·dence One sister had the impudence to wear the other's clothes. = cheek. rude and showing no respect to other people = cheeky (pudere )
Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy