[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

effrontery \effront"ery\, n.; pl. effronteries. f.
   effronterie, fr. effront'e shameless, fr. l. effrons,
   -ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced,
   shameless; ex + frons the forehead. see front.
   impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the
   bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness;
   shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.
   1913 webster

         corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. --bancroft.

   syn: impudence; sauciness. see impudence.
        1913 webster
see also:
effronteries front impudence 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

effrontery
     n : audacious even arrogant behavior that you have no right
         to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" syn: presumption,
          presumptuousness, assumption
see also:
presumption presumptuousness assumption 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 moby thesaurus words for "effrontery":
   arrogance, assurance, audacity, boldness, brashness, brass,
   brazenness, bumptiousness, cheek, confidence, contumely, crust,
   face, gall, hardihood, hubris, impertinence, impudence, insolence,
   nerve, obtrusiveness, overweening, overweeningness, presumption,
   presumptuousness, procacity, pushiness, self-assurance,
   self-confidence, temerity, uppishness, uppityness

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