bald-faced
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7.4
- adjective
- /bɔld feɪst/
- Informal
:
descarado
- The politician faced backlash after making a bald-faced statement about his opponent's record.
- bald-faced lie
- bald-faced liar
Examples
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Now we've caught Bush in a similarly high-profile, bald-faced lie.
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Asserting that 50% of the people in this country pay no taxes is disingenuous at best, bald-faced lying at worst.
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To say that he took no personal risk is a bald-faced lie.
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"You mean a bald-faced lie."
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Your comment about the 3,000 that died is a bald-faced lie of its own.
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For example, when political leaders explain something, it is almost never the truth and only occasionally a bald-faced falsehood.
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Your first allegation, which I have bolded, is a bald-faced lie.
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The statement that "site members applauded the email and rallied around the sender" is just a bald-faced lie.
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Combined, all of this lays waste to Panetta's explanation and reduces it to nothing but a bald-faced, unadulterated lie.
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She made a bald-faced claim that she never received the package, despite signing for it.
Synonyms
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4.5
Very obvious and done openly without shame
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7.3
Showing no shame or respect for rules
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6.1
Plain and obvious, not trying to hide the truth or a lie
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7.0
Not embarrassed about what you say or do
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6.9
Very bold and without shame, for example a lie told openly without hiding it
Showing no shame and acting very boldly
Honest and open when speaking or acting
Antonyms
How Brazen
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bald-faced also came to mean 'open' or 'plain' because bald once meant 'bare' or 'plain', so a bald-faced lie is a lie told without shame and very obvious. That's why calling something bald-faced means it is shameless or blatant.