effrontery
3 antonyms for effrontery — opposites grouped by meaning.
Noun — Rude and shameless boldness.
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Etymology
Borrowed in the late 17th century from French effronterie, itself from effronté (“shameless, insolent”), which came from Old French esfronté, from Vulgar Latin *exfrontātus. Compare Latin effrōns (“barefaced”), formed from the prefix ex- (“from”) and frōns (“forehead”; related to English front). By surface analysis, it...
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