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barefaced

/ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst/

barefaced adjective: undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.

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....
    • Mrs Biddle actually stamped that booted foot of hers. 'You rude, barefaced child!' she said.1904, E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet
    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.

barefaced meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

barefaced in Bengali

অপ্রকাশ্য, নির্লজ্জ, মুখোশহীন

barefaced in Malayalam

blatant, flagrant, glaring
നഗ്നമായ, നാണംകെട്ട, ധിക്കാരമായ, വളരെ സ്പഷ്ടമായ, ഒരൊളിവുമില്ലാത്ത, തുറന്ന

barefaced in Kannada

ಲಜ್ಜೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ

Synonyms of barefaced

All synonyms of barefaced

Forms of barefaced

comparativemore barefaced
superlativemost barefaced
alternative formbare-faced
alternative formbarefast

Origin of barefaced

Perhaps an alteration of barefast (compare shamefast); or from bare + faced. Compare typologically cheeky; Italian sfacciato (< Latin ex- + faciēs); French effronté, Italian sfrontato (< Latin ex- + frōns), Polish czelny (< czoło).

Words formed from barefaced

Phrases with barefaced

Questions about barefaced

What does barefaced mean?
Barefaced means undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
What is barefaced in Bengali?
Barefaced in Bengali is অপ্রকাশ্য, নির্লজ্জ, মুখোশহীন. See Barefaced meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is barefaced?
Barefaced is an adjective.
How do you pronounce barefaced?
Barefaced is pronounced /ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst/ (UK).

Words near barefaced in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: barefaced (page history and authors); barefaced (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barefaced (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); barefaced (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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