effrontery

Noun
Synonyms: presumptionpresumptuousnessassumption

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to“he despised them for their presumptuousness”Synonyms: presumptionpresumptuousnessassumption
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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