bald-faced

See also: baldfaced

English

Alternative forms

• baldfaced

Adjective

bald-faced (comparative more bald-faced, superlative most bald-faced)

1. (of an animal) Having white markings on the face.

   bald-faced hornet

2. (figurative) Shameless and undisguised.

   Synonym: barefaced

   A bald-faced lie.

   • 2021 May 4, Thomas L. Friedman, “Trump’s Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     What kind of deformed party will such a dynamic produce? A party so willing to be marinated in such a baldfaced lie will lie about anything, including who wins the next election and every one after that.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with bold-faced.

Translations

shameless and undisguised

• Catalan: descarat
• French: effronté (fr)
• German: schamlos (de)
• Irish: dínáireach, gan náire
• Portuguese: descarado (pt)
• Spanish: descarado (es)