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BALD-FACED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bald-faced mean?
• BALD-FACED (adjective)
The adjective BALD-FACED has 2 senses:
1. (of animals) having white markings on the face
2. unrestrained by convention or propriety
Familiarity information: BALD-FACED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of animals) having white markings on the face
Similar:
faced (having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unrestrained by convention or propriety
Synonyms:
audacious; bald-faced; barefaced; bodacious; brassy; brazen; brazen-faced; insolent
Context example:
the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress
Similar:
unashamed (used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame)
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