brazen-faced

  • 11brazen — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. shameless, impudent. See impudence, courage. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Impudent] Syn. audacious, impertinent, forward, shameless; see rude 2 . 2. [Made of brass] Syn. brass, bronze, brassy, brass… …

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  • 12brazen — adj 1. brass, brassy, coppery, golden; metallic, metalline. 2. bold, defiant, daring, brash, audacious; loudmouthed, mouthy, outspoken, plainspoken, frank, candid; barefaced, shameless, immodest, indecent, indecorous, unseemly; impudent, insolent …

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  • 13bald-faced — adjective 1. (of animals) having white markings on the face • Similar to: ↑faced 2. unrestrained by convention or propriety an audacious trick to pull a barefaced hypocrite the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim Los Angeles… …

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  • 14hard-faced —  Brazen. Shamelessly impudent …

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  • 15copper-faced — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : faced or covered with copper copper faced type 2. : having a face like copper : brazen * * * coppˈer faced adjective Faced with copper, as type • • • Main Entry: ↑copper …

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  • 16bare-faced — ADJ: ADJ n (emphasis) You use bare faced to describe someone s behaviour when you want to emphasize that they do not care that they are behaving wrongly. What bare faced cheek! ...crooked politicians who tell bare faced lies to select committees …

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  • 17bold-faced — bold facedly /bohld fay sid lee, fayst /, adv. bold facedness, n. /bohld fayst /, adj. 1. impudent; brazen: He had the bold faced effrontery to ask for a raise. 2. Print. (of type) having thick, heavy lines. [1585 95] * * * …

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  • 18bold faced — Synonyms and related words: aweless, barefaced, blackface, bold, bold as brass, boldface, boldfaced, brassy, brazen, brazenfaced, cheeky, chromotypic, chromotypographic, forward, fresh, full faced, impudent, lightface, lost to shame, lower case,… …

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  • 19bold-faced — bold′ faced adj. 1) impudent; brazen 2) pri (of type) having thick lines • Etymology: 1585–95 bold′ fac ed•ly, adv. bold′ fac ed•ness, n …

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  • 20bare|faced — «BAIR FAYST», adjective. 1. Figurative. impudent in its obviousness; shameless: »a barefaced lie. SYNONYM(S): brazen, audacious. 2. with the face bare. 3. not disguised: »Figurative. I could with barefaced power sweep him from my sight… …

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