"barefaced" meaning in English

See barefaced in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst/ [UK] Forms: more barefaced [comparative], most barefaced [superlative], bare-faced [alternative], barefast [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of barefast (compare shamefast); or from bare + faced. Compary typologically cheeky; Italian sfacciato (< Latin ex- + faciēs); French effronté, Italian sfrontato (< Latin ex- + frōns), Polish czelny (< czoło). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bare|faced}} bare + faced, {{m+|it|sfacciato}} Italian sfacciato, {{m+|la|ex-}} Latin ex-, {{m+|fr|effronté}} French effronté, {{m+|it|sfrontato}} Italian sfrontato, {{m+|la|ex-}} Latin ex-, {{m+|pl|czelny}} Polish czelny Head templates: {{en-adj}} barefaced (comparative more barefaced, superlative most barefaced)
  1. Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude. Synonyms: brazen, coarse Translations (shameless): безочлив (bezočliv) (Bulgarian), julkea (Finnish), röyhkeä (Finnish), 白々しい (shirajirashii) (Japanese), onveschämt (Plautdietsch), bezczelny (Polish), descarado (Portuguese), descarado (Spanish), caradura (Spanish), desvergonzado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-barefaced-en-adj-0qiDdEpz Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 20 27 33 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 20 27 32 10 Disambiguation of 'shameless': 41 19 17 16 8
  2. Open, undisguised. Synonyms: bald-faced
    Sense id: en-barefaced-en-adj-HmAJclBo Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 20 27 33 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 20 27 32 10
  3. Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair). Synonyms: clean-shaven
    Sense id: en-barefaced-en-adj-7xsaaCsv Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Hair Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 20 27 33 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 20 27 32 10 Disambiguation of Hair: 6 10 44 29 10
  4. Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering. Synonyms: bareface
    Sense id: en-barefaced-en-adj-91y7oMuk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 23 28 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 24 28 37 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 21 25 33 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 19 23 34 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 24 21 32 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 20 27 33 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 21 23 36 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 10 22 25 36 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 20 27 32 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 23 23 30 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 19 21 39 9
  5. Not wearing makeup on the face.
    Sense id: en-barefaced-en-adj-SCtHseDk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: barefaced liar, barefaced lie, barefacedly, barefacedness

Alternative forms

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