MEANING
Bold disrespect that ignores ordinary shame or restraint.
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- sheer effrontery
- have the effrontery
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He had the effrontery to invoice her for the damage he had caused.
She met the sheer effrontery of the suggestion with a quiet refusal.
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Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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