English-Thai Dictionary

impertinence

N ความหยาบ คาย  ความ โอหัง  การ ไม่ เคารพนับถือ ผู้ใหญ่  การ พูด  การกระทำ ที่ หยาบคาย  การ ประพฤติ ตัว ไม่เหมาะสม  disrespect flippancy courtesy politeness respect kwam-yab-kai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPERTINENCE, IMPERTINENCY

n.[L. impertinens; in and pertinens, pertineo, to pertain; per and teneo, to hold. ] 1. That which is not pertinent; that which does not belong to the subject in hand; that which is of no weight.
2. The state of not being pertinent.
3. Folly; rambling thought. [Little used. ]
4. Rudeness; improper intrusion; interference by word or conduct which is not consistent with the age or station of the person. [This is the most usual sense. ]
We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of pedants.
5. A trifle, a thing of little or no value.
There are many subtile impertinencies learnt in schools-

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPERTINENCE

Im *per "ti *nence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impertinence. See Impertinent. ]

 

1. The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.

 

2. Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility. We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be understood. Swift.

 

3. That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value. There are many subtile impertinences learned in schools. Watts.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

impertinence

im per ti nence |imˈpərtnəns ɪmˈpɜːrtnəns | ▶noun lack of respect; rudeness: they gasped at the impertinence of the suggestion.

 

Oxford Dictionary

impertinence

im |per ¦tin |ence |ɪmˈpəːt (ə )nəns, ɪmˈpəːtɪnəns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] lack of respect; rudeness: they gasped at the impertinence of the suggestion.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

impertinence

impertinence noun I'll refrain from answering with the impertinence your question deserves: rudeness, insolence, impoliteness, bad manners, discourtesy, disrespect, incivility; impudence, cheek, cheekiness, audacity, presumption, temerity, effrontery, nerve, gall, boldness, cockiness, brazenness; informal brass, sauce, sass, sassiness, chutzpah, lip, back-talk, guff; archaic assumption.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

impertinence

impertinence noun they gasped at the impertinence of the suggestion: rudeness, insolence, impoliteness, unmannerliness, bad manners, lack of civility, discourtesy, discourteousness, disrespectfulness, incivility; impudence, cheek, cheekiness, audacity, temerity, effrontery, nerve, gall, boldness, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, presumptuousness, presumption, forwardness; informal brass, brass neck, neck, face, front, cockiness; Brit. informal sauce; Scottish informal snash; N. Amer. informal sass, sassiness, nerviness, chutzpah; informal, dated hide, crust; archaic malapertness; rare procacity, assumption. ANTONYMS politeness.

 

French Dictionary

impertinence

impertinence n. f. nom féminin Insolence. : Antoine a répondu avec impertinence. SYNONYME effronterie ; impolitesse . Note Orthographique impertin en ce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

impertinence

im per ti nence /ɪmpə́ː r t (ə )nəns /名詞 ｟かたく ｠1 U 生意気, 無礼 ; C 生意気な行為 [言葉 ].2 U 不適切, 見当違い, 無関係 ; C 不適切 [無関係 ]な事柄 .