barefaced

comparative more barefaced · superlative most barefaced · alternative bare-faced · alternative barefast

1. Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.

   Mrs Biddle actually stamped that booted foot of hers. 'You rude, barefaced child!' she said.

   1904, E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet

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   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. 1680. being the Anniversary Fast for the Burning of London, London: […] Richard Chiswel, […], published 1680, →OCLC, page 5

   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

   Synonyms: bald-faced, boldfaced

3. Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).

   Synonyms: clean-shaven, smooth-shaven

4. Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.

   Synonyms: bareface

5. Not wearing makeup on the face.