effrontery

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Definition of effrontery in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of effrontery in English English dictionary

an act of insolent and shameless audacity

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

insolent and shameless audacity

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

unblushing impudence

{n} assurance, impudence, sauciness

{i} impudence, audacity, nerve, insolence

disapproval Effrontery is behaviour that is bold, rude, or disrespectful. One could only gasp at the sheer effrontery of the man. rude behaviour that shocks you because it is so confident have the effrontery to do sth (effronterie, from effrons )

audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

brashness; gall; shameless boldness

Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance

Hyphenation

ef·fron·te·ry

Turkish pronunciation

îfrʌntıri

Synonyms

arrogance, assurance, audacity, backtalk, brashness, brass, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, crust, disrespect, face, gall, guff

Antonyms

manners, modesty, shame, shyness

Pronunciation

/əˈfrəntərē/ /ɪˈfrʌntɜriː/

Etymology

[ i-'fr&n-t&-rE, e- ] (noun.) 1697. From late 17th century French effronterie, from effronté (“shameless, insolent”) Old French esfronté Vulgar Latin *exfrontātus Latin exfrōns (“barefaced”), from prefix ex- (“from”) + frōns (“forehead”).