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Effrontery

Effrontery Meaning & Definition
Effrontery Definition And Meaning

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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