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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Barefaced \Bare"faced'\ (b[^a]r"f[=a]st'), adjective
1. With the face uncovered; not masked. ''You will play barefaced.'' --Shak.
2. Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious; as, a barefaced lie. ''Barefaced treason.'' --J. Baillie.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
barefaced
adjective
1: with no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie" [syn: {bald}]
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; "bold-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}, {bodacious}, {bold-faced}, {brassy}, {brazen}, {brazen-faced}, {insolent}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "barefaced": arrant, audacious, aweless, bare-ankled, bare-armed, bare-backed, bare-breasted, bare-chested, bare-handed, bare-headed, bare-legged, bare-necked, blatant, blunt, bold, bold as brass, boldfaced, brassy, brazen, brazenfaced, candid, cheeky, downright, forward, frank, immodest, impertinent, impudent, indecent, indecorous, insolent, lost to shame, manifest, open, out-and-out, outright, overbold, pert, plain, saucy, shameless, sheer, swaggering, topless, unabashed, unalloyed, unblushing, unconcealed, undiluted, undisguised, unmitigated, unseemly
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