[ adjective ]
■ unrestrained by convention or propriety
e.g.)
・an audacious trick to pull
・a barefaced hypocrite
・the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim
・bald-faced lies
・brazen arrogance
・the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress
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audacious
,
bald-faced
,
barefaced
,
bodacious
,
brassy
,
brazen
,
brazen-faced
,
insolent
[ adjective ]
■ (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
e.g.)
・Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands
・an ignominious retreat
・inglorious defeat
・an opprobrious monument to human greed
・a shameful display of cowardice
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black
,
disgraceful
,
ignominious
,
inglorious
,
opprobrious
,
shameful
[ noun ]
■ impudent aggressiveness
e.g.)
・I couldn't believe her boldness
・he had the effrontery to question my honesty
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boldness
,
brass
,
cheek
,
face
,
nerve
[ noun ]
■ a state of extreme dishonor
e.g.)
・a date which will live in infamy
・the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city
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infamy
,
opprobrium
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