barefaced
Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
Adjective
- Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
- 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...
- Mrs Biddle actually stamped that booted foot of hers. 'You rude, barefaced child!' she said. - 1904, E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet:
- 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
- Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).
Synonyms: clean-shaven
- Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.
Synonyms: bareface
- Not wearing makeup on the face.
Origin
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).