Meaning

1 senses
  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.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. How dare you tell such a barefaced lie?

    ruКак ты смеешь так нагло врать? — marafon

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: barefaced lies

Word family

1 related words
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See also

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