A barefaced lie. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a barefaced lie. ,a barefaced approach. From Dictionary.com.
"And such I call barefaced and downright wantonness and waste," interrupted his sturdy disputant. From Wordnik.com. [The Prairie] Reference
Expect I will be called a barefaced liar and what not now, accused of smearing Tim etc. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
Not only did he originate new words but also familiar compounds, such as "barefaced,". From Wordnik.com. [News/local from www.chieftain.com] Reference
The most barefaced bribery is being employed by Griggles. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841] Reference
How could he wilfully distort facts in this barefaced way?. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
"That at least is a lie, a barefaced attempt to injure her!" cried. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
The people of this kingdom will never submit to such barefaced tyranny. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
Thus ends one of the most barefaced swindles of the ages; and my friend. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere, Personal Recollections] Reference
These imitations are so barefaced as to render them comparatively harmless. From Wordnik.com. [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference
The rightwing feels emboldened and compelled to tell the barefaced lie that. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
Was a more barefaced, palpable, glaring and malicious falsehood ever fabricated?. From Wordnik.com. [A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery] Reference
Whatever wickedness the South has been guilty of was at least barefaced and bold. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862] Reference
This opens a door to barefaced bribery and intimidation: some one will be fleeced. From Wordnik.com. [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference
Those astute politicians, John and Bill, had never dreamed of such a barefaced threat. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
It was barefaced robbery, of course, but he had not the inclination to stick at trifles. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
We are "creatures of impulse:" -- they, the most barefaced little dissimulators possible!. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.] Reference
His barefaced assertions of special divine command and guidance found credulous believers. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
"You barefaced, low-bred thing!" cried Ch'iu Wen, turning towards her and spurting in her face. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
The inconsistency of the reviler of things sacred, was becoming more barefaced and unpardonable. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
Slavery, and is degraded throughout by the unutterable vileness of all its barefaced pretensions. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863] Reference
Normally she would have laughed back at him, since they both knew he had just told a barefaced lie. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Dangerous]
Fig. 284 is similar, except that in this case it is a complete dovetail in place of a barefaced one. From Wordnik.com. [Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.] Reference
These barefaced practices made the Protestant party think it high time to check the growth of popery. From Wordnik.com. [A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses] Reference
Mr. Barter thought this inquiry altogether too barefaced, and responded, with a hectic flush of courage. From Wordnik.com. [Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
The barefaced appropriation of his car by an unknown young woman almost took Lord Chilminster's breath away. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
"I feel that I'm imposing on Miss Lovell's good-nature in the most barefaced fashion," she said apologetically. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
The illustration shows the method of tenoning the three pieces to the top rail, barefaced tenons being employed. From Wordnik.com. [Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.] Reference
At length her barefaced interference in public affairs led to an award against her of banishment and forfeiture. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
Cathleen lost by barefaced robbery much of what she still possessed of flocks and herds, of scanty fruit and corn. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
Powers resisting this barefaced aggression, but European statesmen thought that an easier course was open to them. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
What I object to is the shameless deployment of fishing paraphernalia as props and the barefaced exploitation of location. From Wordnik.com. [Crabby Tricks] Reference
Fear of infection is keeping many people off mass transit anyway, and bus drivers refuse to allow barefaced passengers on board. From Wordnik.com. [City of Fear] Reference
I had yet to be staggered and confounded by the most palpable and barefaced act of inconsistency that ever lunatic conceived and executed. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
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