bold-faced

[ bohld-feyst ]

/ ˈboʊldˌfeɪst /

impudent; brazen: He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise.

Printing. (of type) having thick, heavy lines.

Origin of bold-faced

First recorded in 1585–95

bold-fac·ed·ly

[bohld-fey-sid-lee, -feyst-] /ˈboʊldˌfeɪ sɪd li, -ˌfeɪst-/, adverb bold-fac·ed·ness, noun

barefaced boldface bold-faced

bolar, bolas, bold, bold as brass, bold face, bold-faced, bolden, boldface, boldhearted, boldo, boldrewood

Of course, the entire piece was less an exclusive and more a bold-faced lie.

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And for the ultimate head case, meet Dr. Frank Petito, neurologist to every bold-faced business name you can imagine.

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Situated in a former 19th-century bank, this place is posh with the clientele and bold-faced names to prove it.

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Who are those disreputable looking, bold-faced creatures that are making eyes at you?

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And conspirators they are—but bold-faced conspirators in the face of a dripping heaven.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 391, May, 1848 |Various
He had spent the afternoon reading a voluminous, neat, smoothly written, extremely convincing batch of bold-faced lies.

Bear Trap |Alan Edward Nourse
But matters it seemed were not to stop here; for from every turning and from every door angry and bold-faced women emerged.

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 696 |Various
We are taking a trip through the greatest kingdom in the world, the empire of unhampered, bold-faced, threatening sin.

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