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Bald-faced   /bɔld-feɪst/   Listen
Bald-faced

adjective
1.
(of animals) having white markings on the face.
2.
Unrestrained by convention or propriety.  Synonyms: audacious, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent.  "A barefaced hypocrite" , "The most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim" , "Bald-faced lies" , "Brazen arrogance" , "The modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"



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"Bald-faced" Quotes from Famous Books



... bald-faced Goblin, gray and grim, Bowed his head, and I saw him slip His eyebrows off, as I looked at him, And paste them over his upper lip; And then he moaned in remorseful pain— "Would—Ah, would I'd ...
— Riley Child-Rhymes • James Whitcomb Riley

... fasting for twelve hours would eat a dinner at Roehampton "that would have done Sir Walter Scott's eyes good to see." {314d} He loved Richmond Park, and "seemed to know every tree." {314e} He loved also "The Bald-faced Stag," in Roehampton Valley, and over his pot of ale would talk about Jerry Abershaw, the highwayman, and his deeds performed in the neighbourhood. {314f} If he liked old Burton and '37 port he was willing to drink the ...
— George Borrow - The Man and His Books • Edward Thomas



Words linked to "Bald-faced" :   unashamed, faced



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