effrontery

Meaning

1. (uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.
2. (countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.

Synonyms

insolence

impudence

audacity

cheek

impertinence

nerve

sauciness

shamelessness

assumption

presumptuousness

churlishness

cockiness

presumption

pertness

precocity

presuming

rashness

recklessness

rudeness

sauce

temerity

high horse

adventurousness

brazeness

arrogance

boldness

brass

brazenness

cheekiness

chutzpa

crust

face

forwardness

front

hauteur

inflation

Translations

effronterie

Frechheit

küstahlık

sfrontatezza

desvergüenza

Unverschämtheit

Dreistigkeit

desfachatez

hayâsızlık

desaforo

descaro

effronté

θράσος

descaramento

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈfɹʌntəɹi/

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: effrōns

In summary

From late 17th century French effronterie, from effronté (“shameless, insolent”), from Old French esfronté, from Vulgar Latin *exfrontātus. Compare Latin effrōns (“barefaced”), from the prefix ex- (“from”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English: front). By surface analysis, ef- + front + -er + -y.