bevying. insolence, n. 1. impertinence, impudence, audacity, effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness; boldness, brazenness, brashness, pertness, freshness, shamelessness, Inf cheekiness, Inf sassiness, Inf. brassiness; impoliteness, disrespect, contemptuousness, unmannerliness, ill-manneredness, incivility, rudeness; bumptiousness, cockiness, cocksureness, self-assertiveness or self-assertion, chutzpah, forwardness; meddlesomeness, intrusiveness, officiousness.
2. All Inf. brass, sass, cheek, guff, back talk, sauce, face, crust; All SI.
gall, nerve, lip, mouth, Brit. side. insolent, adj. 1. impertinent, impudent, audacious, presumptuous, out-of-line, out-of-keeping; bold, bold-faced, brash, brazen, brazen-faced, pert, fresh, saucy, shameless, Inf. flip, Inf. cheeky, Inf. sassy, Inf. brassy, SI.wise, SI.mouthy, SI.smart-mouth; impolite, ill-mannered, unmannerly, uncivil, ill-bred, crude, coarse, vulgar, rude; disrespectful, contemptuous, disdainful, scornful; bumptious, cocksure, cocky, arrogant, forward; meddlesome, intrusive, interfering, officious.
-n. 2. malapert, brazenface, whippersnapper, jackanapes, upstart, minx, hussy, Inf. saucebox, Inf. smart aleck, Inf. smarty pants, SI.wise guy, SI.wise or smart ass. insoluble, adj. 1. indissoluble, undissoluble, indis-solvable, undissolvable, unsoluble, infusible, unthaw-able, Archaic, irresoluble.
2. insolvable, unsolvable, inexplicable, unexplainable, inextricable; puzzling, enigmatic, enigmatical, baffling, bewildering, perplexing, confounding, mystifying.
3. impenetrable, incomprehensible, uncomprehens-ible, inapprehensible, past or beyond comprehension, beyond understanding, unknowable, incognizable, in-cognoscible, inscrutable, unfathomable, indecipherable, undecipherable, undiscoverable.
4. hard, difficult, over one's head, Inf. tough; com-