as in gall
shameless boldness
the little squirt had the effrontery to deny eating any cookies, even with the crumbs still on his lips
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Recent Examples of effrontery
Ani is one of HQ’s best girls, and Madison plays her with a bawdy effrontery and a disarming grin that seems to widen by a mile under neon lights.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Blocking the medical board from physician regulation is the worst effrontery to medical professionalism, puts the public at unacceptable risk, and might be a place for bad physician actors to be shrouded and protected.
—Joel B. Zivot, STAT, 26 Feb. 2024
These companies apparently have the effrontery to resist the attempts to reduce their access to capital being organized, primarily, by a largely unaccountable cabal of activists, financial institutions, and state pension funds.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 7 Jan. 2024
Miller, putting a spin of effrontery on every line, is the perfect actor to play this corkscrew superhero.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 June 2023
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Blocking the medical board from physician regulation is the worst effrontery to medical professionalism, puts the public at unacceptable risk, and might be a place for bad physician actors to be shrouded and protected.
—Joel B. Zivot, STAT, 26 Feb. 2024
These companies apparently have the effrontery to resist the attempts to reduce their access to capital being organized, primarily, by a largely unaccountable cabal of activists, financial institutions, and state pension funds.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 7 Jan. 2024
Miller, putting a spin of effrontery on every line, is the perfect actor to play this corkscrew superhero.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for effrontery
Noun
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The gall to say that I'm washed?—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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Two interesting examples of insects that need goldenrods are the goldenrod gall fly and the goldenrod gall moth.—
Markis Hill,
Kansas City Star,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Those nerves showed themselves in the first period, as penalty trouble led to two goals from the elite Tampa Bay Lightning power play.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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The actress was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a central nervous system condition that damages nerves, affecting the electrical signals in the brain, in 2018.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Still, Patel warns Gen Z that confidence can quickly morph into arrogance.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Schmitt suffers a nervous breakdown after his arrogance (and Webber’s long leash on the residency program) leads to him killing a podcaster on the operating table and these two break up again.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His audacity and her rashness might surprise some.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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It will be measured in the vigor of his curiosity, the depth of his attention, and the audacity of his explorations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Invigorating in its temerity, Smith’s six-episode Season 5 is told with propulsive clarity (save for the mysteries you’re intended to guess at).—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
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But despite being on the slight side, temerity has never been an issue for Locmelis.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Effrontery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effrontery. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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