impertinent

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. insolent, saucy, fresh, cheeky, impudent; irrelevant, inapt, inapposite. See insolence, disagreement.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Disrespectful]

Syn. saucy, insolent, impudent, pert, fresh, rude, audacious, cheeky*, sassy*; see also rude 2 .

2. [Not to the point]

Syn. irrelevant, inapplicable, inappropriate; see irrelevant .

Syn.- impertinent implies a forwardness of speech or action that is disrespectful and oversteps the bounds of propriety or courtesy; impudent implies a shameless or brazen impertinence; insolent implies defiant disrespect as displayed in openly insulting and contemptuous speech or behavior; saucy implies a flippancy and provocative levity toward one to whom respect should be shown

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. irrelevant not germane, immaterial, unrelated, extraneous, beside the point.

2. insolent rude, impudent, disrespectful, saucy, brash, inappropriate, fresh, *smart-alecky, *flip, *mouthy.

ANT.: 1. relevant, germane. 2. polite, respectful

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal: brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity. Slang: wise1. See ATTITUDE, COURTESY. 2. Not relevant or pertinent to the subject; not applicable: extraneous, immaterial, inapplicable, irrelevant. Idioms: beside the point, neither here nor there. See RELEVANT.