Meanings
comparative more bald-faced · superlative most bald-faced · alternative baldfaced
- Having white markings on the face.
bald-faced hornet
- figurativelyShameless and undisguised.
a bald-faced lie
1 more example
What kind of deformed party will such a dynamic produce? A party so willing to be marinated in such a baldfaced lie will lie about anything, including who wins the next election and every one after that.
2021 May 4, Thomas L. Friedman, “Trump’s Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2021
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of animals) having white markings on the face
adjectiveunrestrained by convention or propriety
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan descarat
- descaratshameless and undisguised
French effronté
- effrontéshameless and undisguised
German schamlos
- schamlosshameless and undisguised
Irish dínáireach, gan náire
- dínáireachshameless and undisguised
- gan náireshameless and undisguised
Polish bezczelny
- bezczelnyshameless and undisguised
Portuguese descarado
- descaradoshameless and undisguised
Spanish descarado
- descaradoshameless and undisguised
Cite this entry
bald-faced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bald-faced
“bald-faced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bald-faced. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bald-faced,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bald-faced.
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