What does "bald-faced" mean?

Having white markings on the face.

What is a synonym for "bald-faced"?

Common synonyms include: audacious, barefaced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen.

Bald-faced

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Having white markings on the face.
"bald-faced hornet"
2
Shameless and undisguised. figuratively
"a bald-faced lie"

Adjective

1
unrestrained by convention or propriety wordnet
2
(of animals) having white markings on the face wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

audacious barefaced barefaced bodacious brassy brazen

Example

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"What kind of deformed party will such a dynamic produce? A party so willing to be marinated in such a baldfaced lie will lie about anything, including who wins the next election and every one after that."

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