† effrontuousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Characterized by effrontery.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective]
thristec897
bolda1000
keen1297
apert1330
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overbolda1425
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saucy1511
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pert1535
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cockapert1556
contumelious1561
impudent1563
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facy1607
snappish1608
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procacious1660
insolent1678
calleting1691
effrontuousa1734
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sassy1799
pawky1809
iron-sideda1825
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facety1928
facey1929
brass-necked1935
chutzpadik1959
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. 543 That a Government should appear so weak as to suffer such an effrontuous proceeding to run on to this height.
Derivatives
eˈffrontuously adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adverb]
wooinglya1382
boldlya1387
malapertly1447
malapertc1460
insolentlya1513
over-boldly1547
contumeliously1548
sauce malapertly1556
impudently1561
bold1597
saucy1598
petulantly1610
audaciously1611
affrontedlya1614
effrontedly1628
impertinently1671
effrontuouslya1734
procaciously1772
cheekily1872
sassily1883
brassily1889
a1734 R. North Exam. i. i. 23.
1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 261 To hear his Decrees most brutishly and effrontuously arraigned.
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