About The Word Effrontery
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Effrontery
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What's The Definition Of Effrontery?
[n] audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Effrontery: assumption | presumption | presumptuousness Related Terms | Find terms related to Effrontery: arrogance | assurance | audacity | boldness | brashness | brass | brazenness | bumptiousness | cheek | confidence | contumely | crust | face | gall | hardihood | hubris | impertinence | impudence | insolence | nerve | obtrusiveness | overweening | overweeningness | presumption | presumptuousness | procacity | pushiness | self-assurance | self-confidence | temerity | uppishness | uppityness See Also | audaciousness | audacity | chutzpah | hutzpa | uppishness | uppityness Effrontery In Webster's Dictionary \Ef*front"er*y\, n.; pl. {Effronteries}. [F.
effronterie, fr. effront['e] shameless, fr. L. effrons,
-ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced,
shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See {Front}.]
Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the
bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness;
shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.
Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. --Bancroft.
Syn: Impudence; sauciness. See {Impudence}.
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