bald-faced

bald-faced
adjective
1. (of animals) having white markings on the face
Similar to: ↑faced
2. unrestrained by convention or propriety
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an audacious trick to pull

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a barefaced hypocrite

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"the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times

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bald-faced lies

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brazen arrogance

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"the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell

Syn:
Similar to: ↑unashamed
Derivationally related forms: ↑insolence (for: ↑insolent), ↑brazenness (for: ↑brazen), ↑brass (for: ↑brassy), ↑audacity (for: ↑audacious), ↑audaciousness (for: ↑audacious)

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  • Bald-faced — a. Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bald-faced — adj making no attempt to hide the fact that you know you are saying or doing something wrong = ↑barefaced ▪ a bald faced lie …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bald-faced — adjective only before noun used for emphasizing that someone who does something bad is not ashamed or does not try to do it secretly: BLATANT: a bald faced lie …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • bald-faced — adjective Date: 1943 barefaced < a bald faced lie > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • bald-faced — adj. Bald faced is used with these nouns: ↑lie …   Collocations dictionary

  • bald-faced — UK / US adjective [only before noun] mainly American used for emphasizing that someone who does something bad is not ashamed or does not try to do it secretly a bald faced lie …   English dictionary

  • Bald-faced hornet — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda …   Wikipedia

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  • Bald-faced hornet — Dolichovespula maculata Dolichovespula maculata Systematik Klasse: Insekten (Insecta) Ordnung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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