effrontery
Collocations
5ADJ.
deliberate, livid, turned
VERB + EFFRONTERY
counted, spring
EFFRONTERY + NOUN
everyone
PREP.
from, in
ADV.
wholly
Definitions
noun
Insolent and shameless audacity.
We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country.
Let not the Englishman in Scotland believe that the undoffed hat, the curt reply, the apparent assumption of equality, all spring from deliberate effrontery, and are wholly beyond the reach of southern influence.
An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery.
All was going as planned until the bag hit a snag and failed to surround the entire nest. This effrontery was too much. The wasps exploded off the nest at me.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
- presumption
- presumptuousness
- assumption
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country.
WiktionaryLet not the Englishman in Scotland believe that the undoffed hat, the curt reply, the apparent assumption of equality, all spring from deliberate effrontery, and are wholly beyond the reach of souther
WiktionaryAny refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery.
WiktionaryWhat effrontery!
Tatoeba · #6602107I was beyond livid at his effrontery.
Tatoeba · #10352147His effrontery has turned everyone in the firm against him.
Tatoeba · #10977074