impertinences

Disrespectful verbal liberties

Impertinences are acts or remarks that are rude, presumptuous, or inappropriately forward.

The word suggests overstepping boundaries—speaking or behaving in ways that exceed one's station or the situation's propriety: She ignored his impertinences and continued with her presentation.

The singular impertinence can also mean irrelevance to the matter at hand, though this sense is now rare.

rudeness

insolence

Bold, offensive disrespect

disrespectLack of regard
impudenceShameless boldness toward superiors
cheekAudacity or facial side

audacity · sass · backtalk · freshness · brashness · effrontery · discourtesy · incivility · sauciness · mouthiness

intrusions

meddling

Intrusive interference in others' concerns

pryingIntrusively inquisitive
nosinessHabit of prying
interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs

overstepping · intrusiveness · busybody · snooping · presumption · unwelcome · boundary-crossing · officiousness · trespass · encroachment

irrelevances

tangents

Lines meeting curves once

digressionsDepartures from main subject
asidesRemarks to audience only
non-sequiturslogic leaps sideways

trivialities · sidetracks · diversions · extraneous · off-topic · unrelated · immaterial · inapplicable · inconsequential · wandering

Opposites

respect and courtesy

impertinencescourtesies

Polite social behaviors

respects · civilities · politeness · deferences · proprieties

relevance and appropriateness

impertinencesrelevancies

States of bearing upon

Family

impertinence

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G