英语词汇“effrontery”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

effrontery

/ɪˈfrʌnt(ə)ri

noun [mass noun]

Insolent or impertinent behaviour: one juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner’s decision...

A lot of it's just effrontery, sheer brazen nerve, and a sort of monstrous cockiness.
With brazen effrontery, however, they painted themselves as martyrs for freedom.
He then committed several acts of brazen effrontery.

Synonyms

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

British informal sauce

Scottish informal snash

North American informal sass, sassiness, nerviness, chutzpah, back talk

informal, dated hide

British informal, dated crust, backchat

rare malapertness, contumely, procacity, assumption

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

Origin

Late 17th century: from French effronterie, based on late Latin effrons, effront- 'shameless, barefaced', from ex- 'out' + frons 'forehead'.

单词	effrontery
释义	effrontery /ɪˈfrʌnt(ə)ri / noun [mass noun] Insolent or impertinent behaviour: one juror had the effrontery to* challenge the coroner’s decision... A lot of it's just effrontery, sheer brazen nerve, and a sort of monstrous cockiness. With brazen effrontery, however, they painted themselves as martyrs for freedom. He then committed several acts of brazen effrontery. Synonyms 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 British informal sauce Scottish informal snash North American informal sass, sassiness, nerviness, chutzpah, back talk informal, dated hide British informal, dated crust, backchat rare malapertness, contumely, procacity, assumption 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 Origin Late 17th century: from French effronterie, based on late Latin effrons, effront- 'shameless, barefaced', from ex- 'out' + frons 'forehead'.
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