Dictionary entries for 'effrontery'

Synonyms

assumption
audaciousness
audacity
boldness
brashness
brazenness
cheek
cheekiness
chutzpah
discourtesy
disrespect
face
familiarity
forwardness
gall
impertinence
impudence
impudency
incivility
insolence

ef·front·er·y (ĭ-frŭńtə-rē)

[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.]

noun: pl., -ies.

Brazen boldness; presumptuousness.

noun: pl., -ies.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition