effrontery
[noun]
Synonyms: insolence, arrogance, audacity, brazenness, cheek (informal), impertinence, impudence, nerve, presumption, temerity

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Contrasted words: courtesy, grace, propriety
Related Words: audacity, hardihood, temerity, assurance, self-assurance, self-confidence, brazenness, impudence, impertinence, insolence

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ef‧fron‧te‧ry /ɪˈfrʌntəri/ noun [uncountable] formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: effronterie, from Late Latin effrons 'shameless']
rude behaviour that shocks you because it is so confident Synonym : nerve
have the effrontery to do something
She had the effrontery to ask me for more money.

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