Antonyms for barefaced

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bair-feyst

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛərˌfeɪst

Definition of barefaced

Origin : 1580s, "with face uncovered or shaven;" see bare (adj.) + face (n.). Thus, "unconcealed" (c.1600), and, in a bad sense, "shameless" (1670s). Cf. effrontery. The half-French bare-vis (adj.) conveyed the same sense in Middle English.

adj shameless; open

Example sentences :

Barefaced audacity amounting to childishness of a peculiar sort.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

It seemed to me that she was making sport of me with the most barefaced effrontery.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

I could be robbed by indirection, but this was too open and barefaced to be endured.
Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass

It was clear that Fred was being cheated in the most barefaced manner.
Extract from : « The Telegraph Boy » by Horatio Alger, Jr.

The men were barefaced; one said to the other that it was only just past eleven o'clock.
Extract from : « State Trials, Political and Social » by Various

No, you're right, I'm not shy, for to do that was a bit of the most barefaced cheek.
Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet

These imitations are so barefaced as to render them comparatively harmless.
Extract from : « The Violin » by George Hart

Exaggerations the most barefaced were received throughout England.
Extract from : « Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry » by Thomas Davis

The barefaced audacity of the act (like that of a juggler) caused it to pass unobserved.
Extract from : « Twice Bought » by R.M. Ballantyne

This opens a door to barefaced bribery and intimidation: some one will be fleeced.
Extract from : « In the Tail of the Peacock » by Isabel Savory

Synonyms for barefaced

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