Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst
Pronunciation notes
- GB
Adjective
Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
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And they vvere become ſo bare-faced and impudent in their Vices, that good and prudent Men thought fit to keep ſilence in that Time, becauſe it vvas an evil Time.
Mrs Biddle actually stamped that booted foot of hers. 'You rude, barefaced child!' she said.
Open, undisguised.
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It's simply bare-faced fortune hunting; but there you are—she is her own mistress, and she's married him.
Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).
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Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.
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Not wearing makeup on the face.
Adjective
with no effort to conceal
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a barefaced lie
unrestrained by convention or propriety
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an audacious trick to pull
a barefaced hypocrite
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bald-faced lies
brazen arrogance