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barefaced lie

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  • barefaced lie — rude lie, vulgar lie …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Barefaced — Bare faced (b[^a]r f[=a]st ), a. 1. With the face uncovered; not masked. You will play barefaced. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious; as, a barefaced lie. Barefaced treason. J. Baillie. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • barefaced — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ shameless and undisguised: a barefaced lie …   English terms dictionary

  • barefaced — [ber′fāst΄] adj. 1. with the face uncovered, unmasked, or beardless 2. unconcealed; open 3. shameless; brazen; audacious; impudent [a barefaced lie] barefacedly [ber΄fās′id lē] adv. barefacedness n …   English World dictionary

  • Lie — For other uses, see Lie (disambiguation) A lie (also called prevarication, falsehood) is a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement, especially with the intention to deceive others. To lie is to state something with disregard to… …   Wikipedia

  • lie — lie1 W1S2 [laı] v past tense lay [leı] past participle lain [leın] present participle lying third person singular lies ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(flat position)¦ 2¦(exist)¦ 3¦(place)¦ 4¦(future)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • lie — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. prevaricate, falsify, deceive; recline, rest, be situated; extend. See falsehood, deception, location, horizontal. Ant., fact, truth. lie detector II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An intentional… …   English dictionary for students

  • lie — 1 /laI/ verb present participle lyingpast tense lay, past participle lain /leIn/ 1 FLAT POSITION a) (intransitive always + adv/prep) to be in a position in which your body is flat on the floor, on a bed etc (+ on/in/there etc): He was lying on… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • lie — I n 1. falsehood, untruth, prevarication, fib, white lie, little white lie, quibble, Inf. taradiddle; equivocation, evasion, fencing, Euph. departure from the truth; falsity, fiction, falsification, invention, concoction, fabrication, half truth …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • barefaced — adjective Date: 1590 1. having the face uncovered: a. having no whiskers ; beardless b. wearing no mask 2. a. open, unconcealed < barefaced impudence > b. having or showing a lack of …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • barefaced — barefacedly /bair fay sid lee, fayst lee/, adv. barefacedness, n. /bair fayst /, adj. 1. with the face uncovered. 2. shameless; impudent; audacious: a barefaced lie. 3. without concealment or disguise; boldly open: a barefaced approach. [1580 90; …   Universalium

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