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bald-faced

bald-faced adjective: having white markings on the face.

Adjective

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

  1. Having white markings on the face.
    • bald-faced hornet
  2. (figuratively) Shameless and undisguised.
    • a bald-faced lie
    • 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.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, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2021
    Synonyms:
    barefaced, boldfaced

Synonyms of bald-faced

Forms of bald-faced

comparativemore bald-faced
superlativemost bald-faced
alternative formbaldfaced

Phrases with bald-faced

Questions about bald-faced

What does bald-faced mean?
Bald-faced means having white markings on the face.
What part of speech is bald-faced?
Bald-faced is an adjective.

Words near bald-faced in the dictionary

  1. bald spot
  2. bald spots
  3. bald wig
  4. bald wigs
  5. bald-cypress
  6. bald-faced
  7. bald-faced hornet
  8. bald-faced hornets
  9. bald-headed
  10. bald-headed hermit
  11. bald-headed hermits

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