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affront vs effrontery

affront

Definitions

verb

  1. treat, mention, or speak to rudely

noun

  1. a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect

Examples

This answer, you'll see by the enclosed news paper, was unanimously voted to be not satisfactory to the Town, and the next day, on Mr. Hutchinson's sending into the Town Meeting an answer of the same purport, both his and ours were voted to be daringly affrontive to the

The King was particularly affronted by the medicinal powers claimed for the plant.

His ideas are obviously foolish, easily disproved, an affront to any reasoning person.

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effrontery

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noun

  1. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

Examples

Obviously, I'm not Catholic, but I think it takes a lot of effrontery for the media to try to dictate the doctrine for Catholics.

We're going to laugh at your presumption and ego and effrontery and audacity.

he had the effrontery to question my honesty

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