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ˈbɛərˌfeɪstbarefaced

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bald, barefacedadjective

    with no effort to conceal

    "a barefaced lie"

  2. audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolentadjective

    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

Wiktionary

  1. barefacedadjective

    Open, undisguised

  2. barefacedadjective

    Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair)

  3. Etymology: From bare + faced

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Barefacedadjective

    Etymology: from bare and face.

    Your French crowns have no hair at all, and then you will play barefaced. William Shakespeare, Midsummer’s Night’s Dream.

    The animosities encreased, and the parties appeared barefaced against each other. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

    It is most certain, that barefaced bawdry is the poorest pretence to wit imaginable. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. barefaced

    Barefaced typically refers to being openly or shamelessly bold, direct, and unashamed. In other words, displaying behavior with blatant disregard for others' reactions or feelings. Originally, it was used to describe someone without a beard or hair, and eventually evolved to represent transparency or lack of disguise in behavior. It can also refer to an absence of disguise or mask in one's actions, leaving one 'barefaced'.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Barefacedadjective

    with the face uncovered; not masked

  2. Barefacedadjective

    without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of barefaced in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of barefaced in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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