effrontery

ef·fron·te·ry /ɪˈfrʌntəri/ noun [uncountableU] formal

RUDE/IMPOLITErude behaviour that shocks you because it is so confident 厚颜无耻的行为 SYN nerve

have the effrontery to do something

She had the effrontery to ask me for more money.

她还有脸跟我再要钱。

Examples from the Corpus

effrontery• The arrogant effrontery of the man defied belief.• He might even pray earnestly to Saint Winifred to protect him, he had the innocent effrontery for it.• Maybe effrontery would dismiss him as too negligible to pursue.• It was the sheer effrontery, the excessive assurance of them which got under my skin.

Origin effrontery

(1600-1700) French effronterie, from Late Latin effrons “shameless”

词汇	effrontery
释义	effrontery ef·fron·te·ry /ɪˈfrʌntəri/ noun [uncountableU] formal RUDE/IMPOLITErude behaviour that shocks you because it is so confident 厚颜无耻的行为 SYN nerve have the effrontery to do something She had the effrontery to ask me for more money. 她还有脸跟我再要钱。 Examples from the Corpus effrontery• The arrogant effrontery of the man defied belief.• He might even pray earnestly to Saint Winifred to protect him, he had the innocent effrontery for it.• Maybe effrontery would dismiss him as too negligible to pursue.• It was the sheer effrontery, the excessive assurance of them which got under my skin. Origin effrontery (1600-1700) French effronterie, from Late Latin effrons “shameless”
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