EFFRONTERY
ADJECTIVES
1734 ► EFFRONTUOUS characterized by effrontery, impudent → obs.
NOUNS
– ASS effrontery …1960 sl.
– BALLS effrontery; audacity …1964 US sl.
– BILLY GOAT effrontery, nerve, pushiness, boldness …1968 Amer. dial.
– BRASS audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence …1642
– BRASS NECK audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence …1984 sl.
– CHEEK impudent talk; audacity; effrontery …1840 sl.
– CHUTZBAH impudence; audacity, effrontery …1853 Yiddish
– CHUTZPA, CHUTZPAH impudence; audacity, effrontery …1853 Yiddish
– CRUST audacity, effrontery …1900 sl.
– FACE great confidence; insolent boldness; effrontery, nerve …1537 colloq.
– FRONT effrontery, impudence …M17
– GALL effrontery, impudence …1882 US
– HIDE impudence, effrontery, nerve …E20 chiefly Aust. & NZ
– HUTZPA, HUTZPAH unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall …1890 sl.
– NECK audacity, effrontery …1893 sl.
– NERVE audacity, effrontery, impudence, cheek …1887
– OBRAVE an act of impudence or effrontery …1894 Eng. dial.
– RIND audacity, effrontery …1903 sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1776 ► EFFRONTERIST one who displays effrontery → obs.
VERBS
1859 ► BRASS IT to behave with effrontery
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