'Effrontery' definitions:
Definition of 'effrontery'
From: WordNet
noun
Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn: presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption]
Definition of 'Effrontery'
From: GCIDE
- Effrontery \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. [1913 Webster]
- Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. --Bancroft.
- Syn: Impudence; sauciness. See Impudence. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'effrontery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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