bald-faced
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bald-faced
(bôld′fāst′)adj.
1. Brash; undisguised: a bald-faced lie.
2. Zoology Having a white face or face markings.
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Adj. | 1. | bald-faced - (of animals) having white markings on the face faced - having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination; "a neatly faced terrace" |
2. | bald-faced - 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 unashamed - used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame |
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bald-faced
adjectiveCharacterized by or done without shame:
Informal: brassy.
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