effrontery

ef·front·er·y

 (ĭ-frŭn′tə-rē)

n. pl. ef·front·er·ies

Brazen boldness; presumptuousness.

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[French effronterie, from effronté, shameless, from Old French esfronte, from Vulgar Latin *effrontātus, alteration of Late Latin effrōns, effront- : ex-, ex- + frōns, front-, front, forehead.]

effrontery

(ɪˈfrʌntərɪ)

n, pl -ies

shameless or insolent boldness; impudent presumption; audacity; temerity

[C18: from French effronterie, from Old French esfront barefaced, shameless, from Late Latin effrons, literally: putting forth one's forehead; see front]

ef•fron•ter•y

(ɪˈfrʌn tə ri)

n., pl. -ter•ies.

1. shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity.

2. an act or instance of this.

[1705–15; < French effronterie, derivative of Old French esfront shameless]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

effrontery - audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" presumptuousness, presumption, assumption audaciousness, audacity - aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; "he had the audacity to question my decision" uppishness, uppityness - assumption of airs beyond one's station

effrontery

noun insolence, nerve, arrogance, presumption, face (informal), front, neck (informal), cheek (informal), assurance, brass (informal), gall (informal), disrespect, audacity, boldness, rudeness, temerity, chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. informal), impertinence, impudence, brashness, brass neck (Brit. informal), shamelessness, incivility, cheekiness, brazenness He had the effrontery to turn up on my doorstep at 2 in the morning.

effrontery

noun

The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident:

assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness.

Informal: brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness.

Translations

وَقاحَه، صَفاقَه

frækheduforskammethed

DreistigkeitFrechheit

desfachatez

effronteriefronteffronté

óskammfeilni; dónaskapur

impudenzasfrontatezza

nekaunība

edepsizlikküstahlık

厚颜无耻

effrontery

[ɪˈfrʌntərɪ] N → descaro m
he had the effrontery to say that → tuvo el descaro de decir que ...

effrontery

[ɪˈfrʌntəri] n → effronterie f
to have the effrontery to do sth → avoir l'effronterie de faire qch

effrontery

n → Unverschämtheit f; how can you have the effrontery to deny the charge? → dass Sie die Frechheit besitzen, den Vorwurf abzustreiten!

effrontery

[ɪˈfrʌntərɪ] n → sfrontatezza, sfacciataggine f

effrontery

(iˈfrantəri) noun

impudence. He had the effrontery to call me a liar. onbeskaamdheid, parmantigheid وَقاحَه، صَفاقَه безочливост audácia drzost die Frechheit frækhed; uforskammethed θράσοςdescaro jultumus پررویی؛ گستاخی julkeus effronterieחוצפה धृष्ट तथा निर्लज्ज व्यवहार drskost arcátlanság kelancangan óskammfeilni; dónaskapur sfrontatezza 厚かましさ 뻔뻔스러움 įžūlumas nekaunība sikap kurang ajar onbeschaamdheidfrekkhet, uforskammethetbezczelność بى شرمى، سپين سترګى بې حيايى 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）