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1. (n.) effrontery
shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity.
2. effrontery
an act or instance of this.
Etymology: (1705–15; < F effronterie, der. of OF esfront shameless )
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption
audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
"he despised them for their presumptuousness"
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1. (noun) effrontery
impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance
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Sense: impudence
He had the effrontery to call me a liar.
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 Afrikaans: onbeskaamdheid, parmantig |
 Arabic: وَقاحَه، صَفاقَه |
 Bulgarian: безочливост |
 Brazilian: audácia |
 Czech: drzost |
 German: die Frechheit |
 Danish: frækhed; uforskammethed |
 Greek: θράσος |
 Spanish: descaro |
 Estonian: jultumus |
 Farsi: پررویی؛ گستاخی |
 Finnish: julkeus |
 French: effronterie |
 Hebrew: חוּצפָּה |
 Hindi: धृष्ट तथा निर्लज्ज व्यवहा |
 Croatian: drskost |
 Hungarian: arcátlanság |
 Indonesian: kelancangan |
 Icelandic: óskammfeilni; dónaskapur |
 Italian: sfrontatezza |
 Japanese: 厚かましさ |
 Korean: 뻔뻔스러움 |
 Lithuanian: įžūlumas |
 Latvian: nekaunība |
 Malay: sikap kurang ajar |
 Dutch: onbeschaamdheid |
 Norwegian: frekkhet, uforskammethet |
 Polish: bezczelność |
 Persian: پررویی؛ گستاخی |
 Pashto: بى شرمى، سپين سترګى بې حي |
 Portuguese: audácia |
 Romanian: insolenţă |
 Russian: наглость |
 Slovak: bezočivosť |
 Slovenian: predrznost |
 Serbian: drskost |
 Swedish: fräckhet, oförskämdhet |
 Thai: ความไร้ยางอาย |
 Turkish: küstahlık, edepsizlik |
 Taiwanese: 厚顏無恥(的行為) |
 Ukrainian: зухвальство; безсоромніст |
 Urdu: بے ادبی |
 Vietnamese: tính vô liêm sỉ |
 Chinese: 厚颜无耻（的行为） |
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