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effrontery 音標拼音: [ɪfr'ʌntɚi] n. 厚顏無恥 厚顏無恥 effrontery n 1: audacious ( even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; " he despised them for their presumptuousness" [ synonym: { presumption}, { presumptuousness}, { effrontery}, { assumption}] 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] 32 Moby Thesaurus words for " effrontery": 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
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