bare-faced

bare-faced — adjective

1. done in a bold and obvious way that hides nothing and shows no shame about being

1.形容詞C1
釋義

done in a bold and obvious way that hides nothing and shows no shame about being wrong

例句

The company made a bare-faced attempt to blame junior staff.

collocation: bare-faced attempt

Yael gave a bare-faced denial even after the video appeared.

collocation: bare-faced denial

同義詞
  • brazen

    stresses bold defiance of what other people think

  • blatant

    focuses more on how obvious the wrongdoing is

  • shameless

    more general and more common, without the fixed collocation feel of bare-faced

反義詞
  • ashamed

    feeling shame or embarrassment about the act

  • secretive

    trying to hide the act instead of doing it openly

文法句型

bare-faced + noun

用法筆記

Most often appears before nouns such as lie, denial, theft, or insult. Stronger than open because it suggests the speaker sees the behaviour as shameless as well as obvious.

2. describing a person whose face is open to view because nothing is covering it

2.形容詞C1
釋義

describing a person whose face is open to view because nothing is covering it

例句

Emily entered the clinic bare-faced, with no mask over her mouth.

literal use: no mask covering the face

The singer appeared bare-faced on stage while every dancer wore a mask.

contrast: bare-faced vs masked

同義詞
  • unmasked

    focuses only on the absence of a mask, not on facial hair

  • beardless

    focuses only on having no beard, not on an uncovered face generally

反義詞
  • masked

    wearing something that covers the face

  • bearded

    having a beard on the face

文法句型

bare-faced + noun

look bare-faced

用法筆記

This literal sense is less common in modern everyday English than the figurative sense above. In older use, it can also describe someone who has no beard, but beardless is clearer when facial hair is the only point.