Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Brash; undisguised: a bald-faced lie.
- adj. Zoology Having a white face or face markings.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having a white face or white on the face: said of animals: as, a bald-faced stag.
Wiktionary
- adj. of an animal having white markings on the face.
- adj. shameless and undisguised; barefaced
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of animals) having white markings on the face
- adj. unrestrained by convention or propriety
Examples
“Mr. Waldman declined to provide a copy of the letter, but said it alleges that Silvercorp overstated its profits, cash on its balance sheet and the quality and value of its silver deposits, which he called "bald-faced lies.”
“City Councilman Jumaane Williams: NYPD Lying About West Indian Day Parade Incident detained by police at the West Indian Day parade said today that it wouldn't have happened if he had been white - and denounced what he called a "bald-faced lie" from the NYPD's top spokesman.”
“I first heard about this amazing, bald-faced lying liar over a year ago on what was then a pretty new blog -- a fresh faced, take-on-all-comers tyro named Ace of Spades.”
“Salisbury's response: I haven't addressed it because it's so absurd and such a bald-faced lie from what the speculation is out there from media outlets and Internet and bloggers that hop on and want to beat you up because they don't like my opinion in football.”
“Becky might be crazier and Bill0 might be meaner but Inshannity is just a bald-faced liar.”
Think Progress » McCain Backs Down To Hannity: ‘I Never Quite Understood’ Global Warming
“That claim, as already noted, is not only false it is a bald-faced lie.”
Think Progress » Obama explains climate science to global warming deniers.
“It is an infantile and utterly bald-faced lie that anyone is claiming that CO2 is “the most common” GHG.”
Think Progress » Obama explains climate science to global warming deniers.
“Yes, db, how could pinning down lying hypocrites with their bald-faced lies possibly be of any importance?”
Think Progress » Sarah Palin calls global warming studies ‘snake oil science.’
“Stop trying to change the meme into “too much Obama policy”, as that is a bald-faced lie.”
“Quite aside from the overt sin of presuming to legislate the mind of God, there is the bald-faced infantilism of presuming to legislate the mind of another person.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘bald-faced’.
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EN - compound adjectives ending in "-ed"
one-armed, strong-armed, red-bearded, wide-bodied, bare-breasted, double-breasted, black-eyed, dark-eyed, green-eyed, pop-eyed, red-eyed, slit-eyed and 211 more...
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EN - compound adjectives
Adjectively used nominal phrases with a "-" inside.
O-ring, B-grade, t-test, so-called, on-site, at-large, in-your-face, in-state, on-time, up-to-the-minute, in-store, on-call and 965 more...
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EN - compound body adjectives
one-armed, strong-armed, red-bearded, wide-bodied, bare-breasted, double-breasted, black-eyed, dark-eyed, green-eyed, pop-eyed, red-eyed, slit-eyed and 27 more...
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thundersnow, phantasmagoria, mercurial, chimerical, taciturn, paraclete, lapis lazuli, flay, guttersnipe, wonky, misanthrope, kestrel and 583 more...
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