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Effrontery vs Brashness - What's the difference?

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Effrontery is a synonym of brashness.


As nouns the difference between effrontery and brashness

is that effrontery is (uncountable) insolent and shameless audacity while brashness is the characteristic of being brash.

effrontery

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.
  • We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country.
  • (countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
  • Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery .

    References

    * 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised) , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198610572 * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988 *

    brashness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The characteristic of being brash.
  • Synonyms

    * audacity, boldness, nerve