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effrontery Noun insolence or boldness [Late Latin effrons putting forth one's forehead]
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Translations n effrontery [iˈfrantəri] impudence He had the effrontery to call me a liar. onbeskaamdheid, parmantigheid وَقاحَه، صَفاقَه безочливост drzost frækhed; uforskammethed die Frechheit θράσος descaro jultumus پررویی؛ گستاخی julkeus effronterie חוּצפָּה धृष्ट तथा निर्लज्ज व्यवहार drskost arcátlanság kelancangan óskammfeilni; dónaskapur sfrontatezza 厚かましさ 뻔뻔스러움, 철면피 įžūlumas nekaunība sikap kurang ajar onbeschaamdheid frekkhet, uforskammethet bezczelność audácia insolenţă наглость bezočivosť predrznost drskost fräckhet, oförskämdhet ความไร้ยางอาย küstahlık, edepsizlik 厚顏無恥(的行為) зухвальство; безсоромність بے ادبی tính vô liêm sỉ 厚颜无耻(的行为) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| one of them holds possession of the Tuileries, one of them is giving Philibert Delorme a scar across the middle of his face; and it is not, assuredly, one of the least of the scandals of our time to see with what effrontery the heavy architecture of this gentleman is being flattened over one of the most delicate façades of the Renaissance! I consent, count, and am ready to overlook it; but you perceive that my wife--my wife's a respectable woman --his been exposed to the persecution, and insults, and effrontery of young upstarts, scoundrels. Unkind people said that, like her Imperial namesake, she had won her way to success by strength of will and hardness of heart, and a kind of haughty effrontery that was somehow justified by the extreme decency and dignity of her private life. |
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