barefaced

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

with no effort to conceal
- "a barefaced lie"
unrestrained by convention or propriety; ; ; - Los Angeles Times; ; ; - Bertrand Russell
- "a barefaced hypocrite"

Adj

Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
Open, undisguised.
Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).
Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.
Not wearing makeup on the face.

Origin / 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- + frons), Polish czelny (< czoło).

Synonyms

audacious, bald, bald-faced, bareface, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, clean-shaven, coarse, insolent

Scrabble Score: 17

barefaced is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
barefaced is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
barefaced is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

barefaced is a valid Words With Friends word