| 单词 | effrontery |
| 释义 | effrontery (once / 3735 pages) n If you rudely behave as if you have a right to something that you have no right to, you're committing effrontery. When a couple stroll into a crowded restaurant, demand the best table, and threaten the staff unless they're seated right away, that's effrontery. People have been guilty of outrageously self-centered behavior at least since 1715, when effrontery was coined. Tracing to the French word effronté, meaning "shameless," the word effrontery is also connected to brazen, which means "of brass," and describes someone so accustomed to effrontery that he's hardened to it and has no concern for the harm done to others. WORD FAMILYeffrontery: effronteries USAGE EXAMPLESUS Republicans in particular could not bear the effrontery implicit in having a Communist-run entity on their doorstep. The Guardian(Nov 26, 2016) But her most significant on-screen relationship is with the increasingly unpredictable Fuller, played by Harris with an astonishing fusion of folksy effrontery and bitter self-loathing. Los Angeles Times(Oct 13, 2016) Has a thoroughly distrustful and ignorant person ever had the effrontery to be a candidate to the presidency? New York Times(Jul 02, 2016) n audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to Syn|Hypo|Hyper assumption, presumption, presumptuousness uppishness, uppityness assumption of airs beyond one's station audaciousness, audacity aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery |
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