adjective
- With no effort to conceal.
- usage: "a barefaced lie"
- synonyms: bald
- 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
- synonyms: audacious, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent
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