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baldfaced

baldfaced is the alternative form of bald-faced.

Meaning of bald-faced

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
    Synonyms:
    barefaced, boldfaced

Forms of baldfaced

comparativemore baldfaced
superlativemost baldfaced

Origin of baldfaced

From bald + faced.

Questions about baldfaced

What is baldfaced the alternative form of?
Baldfaced is the alternative form of bald-faced.

Words near baldfaced in the dictionary

  1. Balderstones
  2. Balderstons
  3. Balderton
  4. Baldes
  5. baldest
  6. baldfaced
  7. baldhead
  8. baldheaded
  9. baldheads
  10. Baldi
  11. baldicoot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: baldfaced (page history and authors); bald-faced (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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