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barefaced lie en · NOUN

Etymology

From barefaced (“unconcealed, audacious, shameless”) + lie.

Meanings

  1. A falsehood told with utter confidence and without trying to conceal the fact that it is false, especially a planned or deliberate falsehood.
    • I understand that salespeople try to explain things in a positive way, but that was a barefaced lie.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
barefaced lies Number=Plur lexicographic
baldfaced lie alternative lexicographic
boldfaced lie alternative lexicographic

Relateds

poker face

Translations (3)

is ljúga upp í opið geðið á einhverjum (falsehood told with utter confidence without trying to conceal the fact that it is false) · is haugalygi (falsehood told with utter confidence without trying to conceal the fact that it is false) · pl wierutne kłamstwo (falsehood told with utter confidence without trying to conceal the fact that it is false)