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EFFRONTERY

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• EFFRONTERY (noun)
The noun EFFRONTERY has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: EFFRONTERY used as a noun is very rare.

• EFFRONTERY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

effrontery; presumptuousness; presumption; assumption

Context example:

he despised them for their presumptuousness

Hypernyms ("effrontery" is a kind of...):

audaciousness; audacity (aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "effrontery"):

uppishness; uppityness (assumption of airs beyond one's station)

"Hope for the best, expect the worst."
(English proverb)
"A good soldier is a poor scout."
(Native American proverb, Cheyenne)
"Avoid what will require an apology."
(Arabic proverb)
"Better a good neighbour than a distant friend."
(Dutch proverb)

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