(a.) Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious.
Example Sentences:
(1) This looks to us like a barefaced attempt to shut down an organisation which has been a bastion for human rights and a thorn in the side of the authorities for more than 20 years.” Five years after police brutality sparked the revolution that toppled longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak, human rights groups are again denouncing deaths in police stations, arbitrary arrests and the disappearances of opponents of the regime.
(2) "Kagame was here last week and told a barefaced lie to David Cameron and other British officials," says one UK-based analyst.
(3) Amnesty International called the charges a “barefaced assault on freedom of expression”, and Human Rights Watch’s executive director, Ken Roth, named Rajab as one of two imprisoned activists he thought most resembled “the next Nelson Mandela”.
(4) Tinder uses the same GPS capabilities as Grindr – the wildly popular and barefacedly grimy gay hook-up app – but requires every user to have a Facebook account, which gives it a safer air.
(5) Crude, barefaced, garish, gimmicky - yet joyous and exuberant like a funfair or a day at the seaside - at first glance, the art of Tim Noble and Sue Webster consists merely of cheap thrills and end-of-pier illusionism.
(6) As always, Mair was calm, empathetic even, but also painfully direct, saying things such as: "Let me ask you about a barefaced lie" and "You're a nasty piece of work, aren't you?"
(7) The capacity for barefaced lying infuriated and exasperated the legions of diplomats and mediators who dealt with Milosevic, for years treating him as the chief fireman rather than chief arsonist.
(8) There's not too many people in public life who'll cheerfully admit to telling barefaced lies, as Max does, ('an important part of PR is lies and deceit, but I'm the only person who'll ever admit to it') although it explains why the PR establishment loathes him, and why every interview he's ever done is seemingly a work of purest fiction.
(9) The new American president, Donald Trump, celebrated his first day in office with a barefaced lie.
(10) Amnesty International has called the charges a “barefaced assault on freedom of expression”.
(11) Much of Clifford's work involves, if not barefaced lying, at the very least some manipulation of the truth (did Freddie Starr really eat that hamster?
(12) With this admission trousered, Mair continued: "Let me ask you about a barefaced lie.
(13) He reminded the audience of David Cameron’s “barefaced lie” that there would be no top-down reorganisation of the NHS, with the coalition embarking on a structural shakeup and opening the door to more privatisation in its first year of government.
(14) In one bookshop, fellow judge Martha Lane Fox was told barefacedly by the sales guy that this was because men published 10 times as much fiction as women.
(15) The story continues thus: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close Updated at 4.29pm BST 4.20pm BST Probably little more than barefaced effrontery on Brazil's part, but here's more on that Thiago Silva story .
(16) He spoke rather decently to his former leadership rivals and angrily to David Cameron, highlighting the barefaced cheek of dubbing Labour a threat to families’ security while Conservative welfare cuts drive people from their homes.
Barefacedly
Definition:
(adv.) Openly; shamelessly.
Example Sentences:
(1) This looks to us like a barefaced attempt to shut down an organisation which has been a bastion for human rights and a thorn in the side of the authorities for more than 20 years.” Five years after police brutality sparked the revolution that toppled longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak, human rights groups are again denouncing deaths in police stations, arbitrary arrests and the disappearances of opponents of the regime.
(2) "Kagame was here last week and told a barefaced lie to David Cameron and other British officials," says one UK-based analyst.
(3) Amnesty International called the charges a “barefaced assault on freedom of expression”, and Human Rights Watch’s executive director, Ken Roth, named Rajab as one of two imprisoned activists he thought most resembled “the next Nelson Mandela”.
(4) Tinder uses the same GPS capabilities as Grindr – the wildly popular and barefacedly grimy gay hook-up app – but requires every user to have a Facebook account, which gives it a safer air.
(5) Crude, barefaced, garish, gimmicky - yet joyous and exuberant like a funfair or a day at the seaside - at first glance, the art of Tim Noble and Sue Webster consists merely of cheap thrills and end-of-pier illusionism.
(6) As always, Mair was calm, empathetic even, but also painfully direct, saying things such as: "Let me ask you about a barefaced lie" and "You're a nasty piece of work, aren't you?"
(7) The capacity for barefaced lying infuriated and exasperated the legions of diplomats and mediators who dealt with Milosevic, for years treating him as the chief fireman rather than chief arsonist.
(8) There's not too many people in public life who'll cheerfully admit to telling barefaced lies, as Max does, ('an important part of PR is lies and deceit, but I'm the only person who'll ever admit to it') although it explains why the PR establishment loathes him, and why every interview he's ever done is seemingly a work of purest fiction.
(9) The new American president, Donald Trump, celebrated his first day in office with a barefaced lie.
(10) Amnesty International has called the charges a “barefaced assault on freedom of expression”.
(11) Much of Clifford's work involves, if not barefaced lying, at the very least some manipulation of the truth (did Freddie Starr really eat that hamster?
(12) With this admission trousered, Mair continued: "Let me ask you about a barefaced lie.
(13) He reminded the audience of David Cameron’s “barefaced lie” that there would be no top-down reorganisation of the NHS, with the coalition embarking on a structural shakeup and opening the door to more privatisation in its first year of government.
(14) In one bookshop, fellow judge Martha Lane Fox was told barefacedly by the sales guy that this was because men published 10 times as much fiction as women.
(15) The story continues thus: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close Updated at 4.29pm BST 4.20pm BST Probably little more than barefaced effrontery on Brazil's part, but here's more on that Thiago Silva story .
(16) He spoke rather decently to his former leadership rivals and angrily to David Cameron, highlighting the barefaced cheek of dubbing Labour a threat to families’ security while Conservative welfare cuts drive people from their homes.