Antonyms for bare-faced

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bair-feyst

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛərˌfeɪst

Definition of bare-faced

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.

As in openhearted : adj frank
As in plainspoken : adj frank
As in straight-from-the-shoulder : adj frank
As in straight-out : adj frank
As in straight-shooting : adj frank
As in flagrant : adj flaunting, blatant; without shame
As in forward : adj brash, impertinent
As in frank : adj completely honest

Example sentences :

Lucy smiled at the bare-faced fraud and hastened to abet it.
Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge

A bare-faced tenon is one in which a cheek is cut from only one side.
Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes

And the note that purported to be from Peter, he believed a bare-faced fraud.
Extract from : « The Come Back » by Carolyn Wells

At this bare-faced libel Bowles cleared his throat to speak.
Extract from : « Bat Wing Bowles » by Dane Coolidge

It is a piece of bare-faced impudence to impugn the girl's honour.
Extract from : « Atlantis » by Gerhart Hauptmann

The most bare-faced duelist might almost brandish his weapon.
Extract from : « What's Wrong With The World » by G.K. Chesterton

You have made hundreds, and I don't know but thousands of dollars, by your impudence and bare-faced deceit.
Extract from : « The History of The Hen Fever » by George P. Burnham

The traveller's way is beset by juvenile vagrants, bare-faced and importunate as Neapolitans or Arabs.
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

This would be considered in almost any other country a bare-faced attempt to swindle us.
Extract from : « The Letters of Ambrose Bierce » by Ambrose Bierce

Would you really like to give up your name as the author of this bare-faced libel?
Extract from : « Diary in America, Series Two » by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

Synonyms for bare-faced

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