different between impudent vs insufferable

English

Etymology

From Middle French impudent, from Latin impud?ns (“shameless”), ultimately from in- +? pudere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mpj?d?nt/

Adjective

impudent (comparative more impudent, superlative most impudent)

1. Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced.

   The impudent children would not stop talking in class.

Synonyms

• bold
• brazen-faced
• impertinent
• See also Thesaurus:cheeky

Derived terms

• impudently

Related terms

• impudence

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin impud?ns.

Adjective

impudent (masculine and feminine plural impudents)

1. impudent

Derived terms

• impudentment

Related terms

• impudència

Further reading

• “impudent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “impudent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “impudent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “impudent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impud?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.py.d??/

Adjective

impudent (feminine singular impudente, masculine plural impudents, feminine plural impudentes)

1. impudent

Related terms

• impudence

Further reading

• “impudent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impud?ns.

Adjective

impudent m (feminine singular impudente, masculine plural impudens, feminine plural impudentes)

1. impudent

English

Etymology

in- +? sufferable

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [?n?s?f??bl?]
• (US) enPR: ?n-s?f'?r-?-b?l, IPA^(key): /?n?s?f??b?l/, [?n?s?f??bl?]

Adjective

insufferable (comparative more insufferable, superlative most insufferable)

1. Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure.
   • 1894, Henry James, The Coxon Fund, ch. 4:

     Saltram was incapable of keeping the engagements which, after their separation, he had entered into with regard to his wife, a deeply wronged, justly resentful, quite irreproachable and insufferable person.

   • 1913, Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country, ch. 13:

     Marvell . . . thought Peter a bore in society and an insufferable nuisance on closer terms.

   • 2011 June 7, "Chaos in Syria," Time:

     The oppressive heat has become insufferable in Syria — and as the temperature climbs, emotions get harder to contain.

Synonyms

• intolerable, unbearable

Related terms

• insufferableness
• insufferably

Translations

References

• insufferable at OneLook Dictionary Search