Another word for effrontery
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Noun
The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident
- Alternative form of uppitiness.
- The state, or an instance, of being uppish.
- A flavorful seasoning or relish served as an accompaniment to food, especially a liquid dressing or topping for food.
- Stewed fruit, usually served with other foods.
- Something that adds zest, flavor, or piquancy.
- The hard outer portion or surface area of bread.
- A piece of bread consisting mostly of the hard outer portion.
- A piece of bread that has become hard and dry.
- A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc, sometimes including small amounts of other metals, but usually 67 percent copper and 33 percent zinc.
- Ornaments, objects, or utensils made of this alloy.
- The section of a band or an orchestra composed of brass instruments.
- the property of being saucy
- an instance of saucy behavior
- The quality of being sassy.
- The property of being rude.
- A rude remark or behaviour.
- The quality of being pushy
- The state of being presumptuous.
- The quality of being pert; cheekiness, impudence.
- An excessive degree of confidence
- The characteristic of being nervy.
- Any of the cordlike bundles of fibers made up of neurons through which sensory stimuli and motor impulses pass between the brain or other parts of the central nervous system and the eyes, glands, muscles, and other parts of the body. Nerves form a network of pathways for conducting information throughout the body.
- The sensitive tissue in the pulp of a tooth.
- A sore point or sensitive subject:
- The quality or condition of being uncivil.
- An uncivil or discourteous act.
- (now rare) Impudence.
- The quality of being offensively bold.
- Offensively bold behavior.
- Insolence.
- Irrelevance.
- An impertinent act or statement.
- Outrageous insolence; effrontery:
- Bitterness of feeling; rancor.
- Something bitter to endure:
- The quality of being forward.
- Acquaintance with or knowledge of something:
- The quality of being known from past experience:
- Established friendship or intimacy:
- The surface of the front of the head from the top of the forehead to the base of the chin and from ear to ear.
- A person:
- A person's countenance:
- Lack of respect, esteem, or courteous regard.
- To show a lack of respect for:
- Lack of courtesy; rudeness.
- A rude act or statement.
- Utter nerve; effrontery:
- The state of being cheeky
- The fleshy part of either side of the face below the eye and between the nose and ear.
- Something resembling the cheek in shape or position.
- Either of the buttocks.
- The characteristic of being brazen.
- The characteristic of being brash.
- Fearless daring; intrepidity.
- Bold or insolent heedlessness of restraints, as of those imposed by prudence, propriety, or convention.
- An act or instance of intrepidity or insolent heedlessness:
- The act of taking to or upon oneself:
- The act of taking possession or asserting a claim:
- The act of taking for granted:
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Another word for effrontery
Noun
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- Behavior or attitude that is boldly arrogant or offensive; effrontery:
- The act of presuming or accepting something as true:
- A condition or basis for accepting or presuming something.
- Fearless daring; intrepidity.
- Bold or insolent heedlessness of restraints, as of those imposed by prudence, propriety, or convention.
- An act or instance of intrepidity or insolent heedlessness:
- The quality of being offensively bold.
- Offensively bold behavior.
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