noun · countable / uncountable · rare

effrontery

effrontery · effronteries

припущення, внебовзятие

наглость, бесстыдство, нахальство, беззастенчивость

Frechheit, Unverschämtheit, Dreistigkeit

Insolent and shameless audacityInsolent and shameless audacity.

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/ɪˈfɹʌntəɹi/

» I was beyond livid at his effrontery.

Я был просто вне себя от его наглости.

Meaning

2 senses

(uncountable)Insolent and shameless audacity.
We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country.
Dreistigkeit, Frechheit, Unverschämtheit
бессты́дствоbesstýdstvo, на́глостьnáglostʹ, наха́льствоnaxálʹstvo
(countable)An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery.

More definitions

audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

Examples

3 sentences

I was beyond livid at his effrontery.
ruЯ был просто вне себя от его наглости.
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His effrontery turned everyone in the firm against him.
deMit seiner Unverfrorenheit hat er alle in der Firma gegen sich aufgebracht.
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His effrontery has turned everyone in the firm against him.
deMit seiner Unverfrorenheit hat er alle in der Firma gegen sich aufgebracht.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

insolent and shameless audacity:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

insolent and shameless audacity:

Origin

From late 17th century French effronterie, from effronté (“shameless, insolent”), from Old

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.

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