See barefaced lie on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "barefaced ('unconcealed, audacious, shameless') + lie.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "barefaced lies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baldfaced lie",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "boldfaced lie",
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]
}
],
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}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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}
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"examples": [
{
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[
86,
99
]
],
"text": "I understand that salespeople try to explain things in a positive way, but that was a barefaced lie.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A falsehood told with utter confidence and without trying to conceal the fact that it is false, especially a planned or deliberate falsehood."
],
"id": "en-barefaced_lie-en-noun-mv3hyc3s",
"links": [
[
"falsehood",
"falsehood"
],
[
"confidence",
"confidence"
],
[
"planned",
"planned"
],
[
"deliberate",
"deliberate"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "poker face"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "falsehood told with utter confidence without trying to conceal the fact that it is false",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "haugalygi"
},
{
"code": "is",
"english": "to tell somebody a barefaced lie",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "falsehood told with utter confidence without trying to conceal the fact that it is false",
"translation": "to tell somebody a barefaced lie",
"word": "ljúga upp í opið geðið á einhverjum"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "falsehood told with utter confidence without trying to conceal the fact that it is false",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wierutne kłamstwo"
}
]
}
],
"word": "barefaced lie"
}
{
"etymology_text": "barefaced ('unconcealed, audacious, shameless') + lie.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "barefaced lies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baldfaced lie",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "boldfaced lie",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "poker face"
}
],
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{
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"English lemmas",
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"Terms with Polish translations",
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{
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86,
99
]
],
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}
],
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"A falsehood told with utter confidence and without trying to conceal the fact that it is false, especially a planned or deliberate falsehood."
],
"links": [
[
"falsehood",
"falsehood"
],
[
"confidence",
"confidence"
],
[
"planned",
"planned"
],
[
"deliberate",
"deliberate"
]
]
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "falsehood told with utter confidence without trying to conceal the fact that it is false",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "haugalygi"
},
{
"code": "is",
"english": "to tell somebody a barefaced lie",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "falsehood told with utter confidence without trying to conceal the fact that it is false",
"translation": "to tell somebody a barefaced lie",
"word": "ljúga upp í opið geðið á einhverjum"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "falsehood told with utter confidence without trying to conceal the fact that it is false",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wierutne kłamstwo"
}
],
"word": "barefaced lie"
}
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