effrontery

There was certainly some effrontery in such a statement, considering the solemn offer which had just been made by the envoys.

And then he has the effrontery to compare my work with that bureau!

Nothing could be more perfect than her manner,—calm, without any effrontery; assured, and yet no sacrifice of delicacy.

And what his cleverness and charm cannot do his arrogance and his effrontery assuredly will not do.

There was a dash of heroism in their effrontery that pleased her.

She then drew a chair toward the table and sat down in it, facing Don Luis with coolness and effrontery.

With what art he had prepared the way for the final disclosure of his effrontery!

Again, Mrs Morton, with uplifted hands and eyes—'What effrontery!'

Both are unpublished even now, even in our days, when it costs men so little to manifest the effrontery of their opinions.

It is true that the effrontery which has characterized Mormonism from the start has been most daring.