Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna was also appalled at the effrontery of Kirill's marriage. Mengone's effrontery emboldens Sempronio to marry Grilletta at once. Saturninus then denounces the Andronici family for their effrontery and shocks Titus by marrying Tamora. Jane is attracted to Hiram, but angered at his effrontery. It is an effrontery, constructed out of implausible circumstances. Only now can one fully understand the effrontery of these apologists. For his effrontery to royal privilege, the Lord Steward had Woodall imprisoned. Her trial was due to her effrontery in simply speaking openly about prostitution. Quill immediately attacks these Unwanteds who have the effrontery not to be dead already. Head provided additional effrontery by endorsing Joseph Cao, the Republican who ousted Jefferson from Congress. For his effrontery, he is merged with a demon. "Brass" is northern English slang for "money" as well as for "effrontery".