Meaning of EFFRONTERY
| Pronunciation: | | i'frunturee
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| | Definition: | | [n] audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" |
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| | Synonyms: | | assumption, presumption, presumptuousness |
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| | See Also: | | audaciousness, audacity, chutzpah, hutzpa, uppishness, uppityness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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