effrontery

(ĭ-frŭn'tə-rē)
n., pl., -ies.
Brazen boldness; presumptuousness.

[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.]

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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, gall¹, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness. Informal brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.

n

Definition: nerve, boldness
Antonyms: manners, modesty, shame, shyness

IN BRIEF: Boldness; impudence; arrogance.

Even after clear evidence was shown, the jury was shocked by the defendant's effrontery in denying any guilt.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - frækhed, uforskammethed

Nederlands (Dutch)
brutaliteit

Français (French)
n. - effronterie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unverschämtheit, Frechheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναίδεια, θρασύτητα, ξετσιπωσιά, αυθάδεια

Italiano (Italian)
sfacciataggine

Português (Portuguese)
n. - audácia (f), imprudência (f)

Русский (Russian)
наглость, нахальство

Español (Spanish)
n. - insolencia, descaro, desvergüenza

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - oförskämdhet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
厚颜无耻, 放肆

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 厚顏無恥, 放肆

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 뻔뻔스러움

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 厚かましさ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وقاحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חוצפה‬

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