What effrontery!
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Effrontery
//ɪˈfɹʌntəɹi//
Synonyms for "effrontery" (37 found)
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Related words (18)
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Translations
42 translations across 22 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- անամոթություն noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- անպատկառություն noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- լկտիություն noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- լրբություն noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Bulgarian
2 entries- безочливост noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- наха́лство noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 厚顏無恥 /厚颜无耻 noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Dutch
1 entries- onbeschaamdheid noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
French
1 entries- effronterie noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
German
3 entries- Dreistigkeit noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- Frechheit noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- Unverschämtheit noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Greek
1 entries- θράσος noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Hebrew
1 entries- חוצפה noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Hungarian
1 entries- arcátlanság noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Icelandic
2 entries- óskammfeilni noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- ósvífni noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Irish
1 entries- neamhnáire noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Italian
1 entries- sfrontatezza noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Japanese
1 entries- 厚顔無恥 noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Korean
1 entries- 뻔뻔스러움 noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- پیشانی noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- یوز noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Portuguese
3 entries- acinte noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- descaramento noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- desfaçatez noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Romanian
3 entries- insolență noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- nerușinare noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- sfruntare noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Russian
4 entries- беззасте́нчивость noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- бессты́дство noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- на́глость noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- наха́льство noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- besramlje noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- besramnost noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- bestidnost noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Sicilian
1 entries- tuschizza noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Spanish
3 entries- descaro noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- desfachatez noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- desvergüenza noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Swedish
2 entries- fräckhet noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
- oförskämdhet noun (insolent and shameless audacity)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
I was beyond livid at his effrontery.
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His effrontery has turned everyone in the firm against him.
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His effrontery turned everyone in the firm against him.
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