effrontery
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.ef·fron·tery
noun \i-ˈfrən-tə-rē, e-\ plural ef·fron·ter·ies
Definition of EFFRONTERY
: shameless boldness : insolence
See Examples of EFFRONTERY
- <the little squirt had the effrontery to deny eating any cookies, even with the crumbs still on his lips>
Origin of EFFRONTERY
French effronterie, ultimately from Medieval Latin effront-, effrons shameless, from Latin ex- + front-, frons forehead
First Known Use: 1697
Related to EFFRONTERY
- Synonyms
- audaciousness, audacity, brashness, brass, brassiness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah (also chutzpa or hutzpah or hutzpa), crust, face, gall, nerve, nerviness, pertness, presumption, presumptuousness, sauce, sauciness, temerity
See Synonym Discussion at temerity
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