effrontery
Shameless bold audacity
Effrontery is shameless boldness or audacity, especially when violating social norms or showing disrespect.
It implies not just rudeness but a brazen lack of embarrassment about it: He had the effrontery to ask for a raise after missing three deadlines.
The word carries moral judgment—effrontery suggests the person should feel shame but doesn't.
Impudent boldness or bitterness
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- chutzpahShameless, admirable audacity
- cheekAudacity or facial side
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
boldness · daring · presumptuousness · brashness · overconfidence · moxie · gumption · face
Rude disregard for propriety
- disrespectLack of regard
- sassImpertinent verbal attitude
- saucinessCheeky boldness
- rudenessDisrespectful social behavior
disrespectfulness · incivility · contempt · discourtesy · unmannerliness · flippancy · irreverence · lip
Freedom from self-consciousness
- blatancyShameless conspicuousness
- flagrancyShameless conspicuousness of offense
- unblushingLacking capacity for shame
- audaciousnessFearless, impudent daring
boldface · impenitence · remorselessness · arrogance · presumptuousness · self-satisfaction · smugness · unrepentance
gall
Impudent boldness or bitterness
brass · boldness · daring · presumptuousness · brashness · overconfidence · moxie · gumption · face · barefacedness
impertinence
Rude disregard for propriety
- disrespectLack of regard
- sassImpertinent verbal attitude
- saucinessCheeky boldness
rudeness · disrespectfulness · incivility · contempt · discourtesy · unmannerliness · flippancy · irreverence · lip · backtalk
unabashedness
Freedom from self-consciousness
- blatancyShameless conspicuousness
- flagrancyShameless conspicuousness of offense
- unblushingLacking capacity for shame
audaciousness · boldface · impenitence · remorselessness · arrogance · presumptuousness · self-satisfaction · smugness · unrepentance
- audacityboldness, audacity, chutzpah, gall, cheek
- presumptuousnesspresumptuousness, impertinence, audacity, forwardness, boldness
- bad mannersrudeness, impoliteness, discourtesy, incivility, disrespect
- backtalkbacktalk, sass, lip, backchat, talk back
- moxiespunk, guts, nerve, grit, pluck
effronterytimidity
Fearful lack of courage
bashfulness · shyness · diffidence · timorousness · timidness
effronterycourtesy
Respectful, considerate behavior
respect · civility · politeness · mannerliness · courteousness
front, affront, temerity, insolence, impudence, cheekiness, brazenness