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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
effrontery
    n 1: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right
         to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn:
         presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery,
         assumption]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

Thesaurus Results for Effrontery:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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