Effrontery \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.
[1913 Webster]
Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. --Bancroft.
Syn: Impudence; sauciness. See Impudence.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
effrontery
n : audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right
to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn: presumption,
presumptuousness, assumption]
WordNet (r) 2.0
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
assumption, presumption, presumptuousness
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