barefaced
ba·re·fa·ced
adjective
2.
unrestrained by convention or propriety
- “an audacious trick to pull”
- “a barefaced hypocrite”
- “the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim” Los Angeles Times
- “bald-faced lies”
- “brazen arrogance”
- “the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress” Bertrand Russell
Origin
Perhaps an alteration of barefast (compare shamefast); or from bare + faced. Compare typologically cheeky; Italian sfacciato (< Latin ex- + faciēs); French effronté, Italian sfrontato (< Latin ex- + frōns), Polish czelny (< czoło).
Phrases
- barefaced liar
- barefaced lie
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Word family
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