barefaced

Meaning

1. Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
2. Open, undisguised.
3. Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).
4. Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.
5. Not wearing makeup on the face.

Synonyms

shameless

brazen

impudent

insolent

brassy

brazen-faced

cheeky

impertinent

audacious

bald-faced

bodacious

unblushing

presumptuous

arrogant

blatant

unscrupulous

bald

bold

arrant

sassy

saucy

shameful

shocking

squirt

transparent

unabashed

unashamed

unconscionable

uncovered

undisguised

unprincipled

unsheltered

off-color

baldfaced

below the belt

bloodless

brash

contumelious

crass

dirty

downright

evident

fresh

heartless

irreverent

malapert

overt

rank

ribald

rough-and-tumble

Translations

descarado

unverschämt

sfacciato

unverfroren

impudent

frech

impudente

onbeschaamd

descarado

schamlos

insolente

éhonté

effronté

sfrontato

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst/

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of barefast (compare shamefast); or from bare + faced.
Compary typologically cheeky; Italian sfacciato (< Latin ex- + faciēs); French effronté, Italian sfrontato (< Latin ex- + frōns), Polish czelny (< czoło).