effrontery

• The denial of this fact only proves the effrontery, and alsothe stupidity, of the liars. —  Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: The World War
• Out of her own mouth is Margaret judged With amazing effrontery, and in flat contradiction not only of her husband's assertion, but of her own admission, the Countess commenced her tirade by bringing against her lord the charge of which she herself was guilty. —  A Forgotten Hero Not for Him
• A bold, swelling, arrogant effrontery--a sort of stark, staring, sell-complacent, comfortable, and yet innocent impertinence--which is at once irritating and amusing, aggravating and attractive, and which is exhibited in the greatest intensity in the whisky-john. —  The Young Fur Traders
• And, in proportion as these gained strength, so increased Gil Uraga's confidence in himself, till at length he assumed an air of effrontery--almost insolence--towards his superior officer; and towards the sister, in the interviews he was permitted with her, a manner significantly corresponding These were few, and still less frequent, as his brusque behaviour began to manifest itself. —  The Lone Ranche
• That cur went down the long room again with the most unblushing effrontery, after telling those flagrant falsehoods he had done about me! —  On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story

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