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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BA'REFACED, pp. [See Face.]
1. With the face uncovered; not masked.
2. Undisguised; unreserved; without concealment; hence shameless; impudent; audacious; as a barefaced falsehood.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: with no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie" [syn: bald, barefaced]
2: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1590 1. having the face uncovered: a. having no whiskers ; beardless b. wearing no mask 2. a. open, unconcealed <barefaced impudence> b. having or showing a lack of scruples <a barefaced lie> • barefacedly adverb • barefacedness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. undisguised; impudent (barefaced cheek). Derivatives: barefacedly adv. barefacedness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Barefaced Bare"faced`, a. 1. With the face uncovered; not masked. ``You will play barefaced.'' --Shak. 2. Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious. ``Barefaced treason.'' --J. Baillie.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Undisguised, unreserved, unconcealed, palpable, conspicuous, glaring, notable, notorious. 2. Impudent, presumptuous, brazen, shameless, audacious.

Moby Thesaurus

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