English-Thai Dictionary

effrontery

N ความ ไร้ยางอาย  ความ ทะลึ่ง  การกระทำ ที่ ทะลึ่ง หรือ หน้าด้าน ไร้ยางอาย  chutzpa insolence shamelessness kwam-rai-yang-ai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EFFRONTERY

n.Impudence; assurance; shameless boldness; sauciness; boldness transgressing the bounds of modesty and decorum. Effrontry is a sure mark of ill breading.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EFFRONTERY

Ef *front "er *y, n.; pl. Effronteries. Etym: [F. effronterie, fr. effronté shameless, fr. L. effrons, -ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See Front. ]

 

Defn: Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance. Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. Bancroft.

 

Syn. -- Impudence; sauciness. See Impudence.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

effrontery

ef fron ter y |iˈfrəntərē əˈfrəntəri | ▶noun insolent or impertinent behavior: one juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner's decision. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from French effronterie, based on late Latin effrons, effront- ‘shameless, barefaced, ’ from ex- ‘out ’ + frons ‘forehead. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

effrontery

effrontery |ɪˈfrʌnt (ə )ri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] insolent or impertinent behaviour: one juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner's decision. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from French effronterie, based on late Latin effrons, effront- ‘shameless, barefaced ’, from ex- ‘out ’ + frons ‘forehead ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

effrontery

effrontery noun Stearns had the effrontery to counter the admiral's directive: impudence, impertinence, cheek, insolence, cockiness, audacity, temerity, presumption, nerve, gall, shamelessness, impoliteness, disrespect, bad manners; informal brass, face, chutzpah, sauce, sass.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

effrontery

effrontery noun I am amazed at the effrontery with which the previous speaker lauds himself: impudence, impertinence, cheek, insolence, cheekiness, audacity, temerity, brazenness, forwardness, front, presumption, nerve, gall, pertness, boldness, shamelessness, impoliteness, disrespect, bad manners, unmannerliness, overfamiliarity; answering back, talking back; informal brass, brass neck, neck, face, lip, mouth, cockiness; Brit. informal sauce; Scottish informal snash; N. Amer. informal sass, sassiness, nerviness, chutzpah, back talk; informal, dated hide; Brit. informal, dated crust, backchat; rare malapertness, contumely, procacity, assumption. ANTONYMS timidity. PHRASES have the effrontery one councillor had the effrontery to suggest that 80,000 objectors were an insufficient number of people to be taken into consideration: dare, make so bold as, be so bold as, presume, have the temerity, have the audacity, have the nerve, be brave enough, have the courage, go so far as; take the liberty of.

 

French Dictionary

effronté

effronté , ée adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Insolent, qui n ’a honte de rien. : Quel ton effronté! Sois un peu plus poli, je te prie! Tu as du front tout le tour de la tête, espèce d ’effronté! ANTONYME poli ; respectueux . Prononciation Le e initial se prononce é (et non *è )

 

effrontément

effrontément adv. adverbe D ’une manière effrontée. : Répondre effrontément. SYNONYME impoliment ; insolemment . Prononciation Le e initial se prononce é (et non *è )

 

effronterie

effronterie n. f. nom féminin Insolence, impolitesse. : Il lui répondit avec effronterie. SYNONYME sans-gêne . Prononciation Le e initial se prononce é (et non *è )

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

effrontery

ef fron ter y /ɪfrʌ́nt (ə )ri, e- /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠(行動などの )ずうずうしさ, 厚かましさ, 厚顔無恥 ▸ have the effrontery to do 厚かましくも …する