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bareface

bareface is the alternative form of barefaced.

Meaning of barefaced

Adjective

barefaced (comparative more barefaced, superlative most barefaced)

  1. Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
    • And they vvere become ſo bare-faced and impudent in their Vices, that good and prudent Men thought fit to keep ſilence in that Time, becauſe it vvas an evil Time.1680 September 12 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Gilbert Burnet, A Sermon Preached before the Right-honourable the Lord-Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, at Bow-Church, September 2....
    Synonyms:
    brazen, coarse
  2. Open, undisguised.
    • It's simply bare-faced fortune hunting; but there you are—she is her own mistress, and she's married him.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  3. Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).
  4. Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.
    Synonyms:
    bareface
  5. Not wearing makeup on the face.

Questions about bareface

What is bareface the alternative form of?
Bareface is the alternative form of barefaced.

Words near bareface in the dictionary

  1. bared one's breast
  2. bared one's heart
  3. bared one's soul
  4. bared one's teeth
  5. Bareeru
  6. bareface
  7. barefaced
  8. barefaced liar
  9. barefaced liars
  10. barefaced lie
  11. barefaced lies

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