Effrontery

Quick meaning: Effrontery is a noun meaning (uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.

Meaning

(uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.

More Meanings

1. (countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.

Example Sentences

Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery.

We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country.

All was going as planned until the bag hit a snag and failed to surround the entire nest. This effrontery was too much. The wasps exploded off the nest at me.

Let not the Englishman in Scotland believe that the undoffed hat, the curt reply, the apparent assumption of equality, all spring from deliberate effrontery, and are wholly beyond the reach of southern influence.

Word Forms

• effronteries

Synonyms for effrontery

Depending on context, synonyms include brass, face, cheek, nerve, boldness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include boldness, brass, face, cheek, nerve, magician.

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