barefaced
pronunciation
How to pronounce barefaced in British English:
UK [ˈbeəfeɪst]
How to pronounce barefaced in American English:
US [ˈberfeɪst]
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- Adjective:
- with no effort to conceal
- unrestrained by convention or propriety
Word Origin
- barefaced (adj.)
- 1580s, "with face uncovered or shaven;" see bare (adj.) + face (n.). Thus, "unconcealed" (c. 1600), and, in a bad sense, "shameless" (1670s). Compare effrontery. The half-French bare-vis (adj.) conveyed the same sense in Middle English.
Example
- 1. They regarded any surcharge on the original ticket price as barefaced robbery .
- 2. Some politicians will tell their voters many barefaced lies .
- 3. Open the barefaced beautiful woman portrait in the guesthouse .
- 4. Barefaced attitude is exceeding and ambiguous fetching illusion is infinite .
- 5. Extremes meet . The most furious anarchist become the most barefaced apostate .