🇬🇧 Impertinent meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Someone who is impertinent behaves in a way that is bold, cheeky, or slightly rude, especially to someone in authority. They ask nosy questions, make sassy comments, or act in a way that might make others say, “Excuse me?!” but often in a humorous or mischievous way.

When I told my little brother to call me “Sir,” he impertinently replied, “Yes, Sir Annoying-Pants.”

I asked my cat nicely to get off my laptop, and he impertinently sat on the keyboard instead.

“Why do I have to do homework?” I asked, and my teacher impertinently answered, “Because I said so.”

My grandma told me I was getting taller, and my impertinent cousin said, “Too bad your brain isn’t.”

The impertinent parrot at the pet store called me “stinky” and then laughed at me.

On the tram, an impertinent teen shoved past, flashed an impertinent smirk and an impertinent laugh, and made an impertinent joke about the baby. An impertinent tap on the mother's bag scattered papers. Passengers watched. The teen met the mother's tired eyes, felt shame, and muttered an apology. The mother accepted the small, quiet repair.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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