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bare-faced

ADJECTIVE
flagrant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
atrocious bold brazen conspicuous disgraceful egregious glaring heinous notorious obvious outrageous shameful shameless shocking undisguised
WEAK
arrant awful capital crying dreadful enormous flagitous flaming flashy grody gross hanging out immodest infamous noticeable open ostentatious out-and-out rank scandalous stick out like sore thumb striking wicked
Antonyms
STRONGEST
concealed good hidden magnificent meek obscure respectable shy timid wonderful
WEAK
disguised mild moral restrained secret
ADJECTIVE
forward
Synonyms
STRONG
assuming bantam bold brazen familiar presuming pushing smart wise
WEAK
aggressive audacious cheeky coming on strong confident fresh impudent nervy overassertive overweening pert presumptuous pushy rude sassy saucy self-assertive smart-alecky uppity
Antonyms
STRONG
ignorant meek shy stupid timid unintelligent
WEAK
back backward last later past reserved reversing
ADJECTIVE
frank
Synonyms
STRONG
blunt bold brazen direct familiar free heart-to-heart natural open plain real straight upright
WEAK
aboveboard apparent artless call a spade a spade candid down and dirty downright easy flat-out forthright from the hip guileless ingenuous lay it on the line like it is matter-of-fact naive outright outspoken plain-spoken saying what one thinks scrupulous sincere straightforward transparent truthful unconcealed undisguised uninhibited unreserved unrestricted up front
Antonyms
STRONG
abnormal ambiguous different dishonest indirect lying unclear uncommon vague
WEAK
devious evasive insincere secretive
ADJECTIVE
openhearted
Synonyms
WEAK
aboveboard blunt candid direct downright forthright from the hip honest lay it on the line like it is matter-of-fact open plain plainspoken saying what one thinks sincere straight straightforward truthful up front
ADJECTIVE
plainspoken
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blunt candid forthright guileless honest matter-of-fact naive outspoken straightforward
WEAK
aboveboard apparent artless bold brazen call a spade a spade direct downright easy familiar flat-out free from the hip heart-to-heart ingenuous lay it on the line like it is man-to-man natural open outright plain plain-spoken real saying what one thinks scrupulous sincere straight straight-out transparent truthful unconcealed undisguised uninhibited unreserved unrestricted up front upright
Antonyms
STRONGEST
artful deceitful devious dishonest lying tactful tricky untruthful
ADJECTIVE
straight-from-the-shoulder
Synonyms
WEAK
aboveboard apparent artless blunt bold brazen call a spade a spade candid direct downright easy familiar flat-out forthright free from the hip guileless heart-to-heart honest ingenuous lay it on the line like it is man-to-man matter-of-fact naive natural open outright outspoken plain plain-spoken plainspoken real saying what one thinks scrupulous sincere straight straight-out straightforward transparent truthful unconcealed undisguised uninhibited unreserved unrestricted up front upright
ADJECTIVE
straight-out
Synonyms
WEAK
aboveboard apparent artless blunt bold brazen call a spade a spade candid direct downright easy familiar flat-out forthright free from the hip guileless heart-to-heart honest ingenuous lay it on the line like it is man-to-man matter-of-fact naive natural open outright outspoken plain plain-spoken plainspoken real saying what one thinks scrupulous sincere straight straightforward transparent truthful unconcealed undisguised uninhibited unreserved unrestricted up front upright
ADJECTIVE
straight-shooting
Synonyms
WEAK
aboveboard apparent artless blunt bold brazen call a spade a spade candid direct downright easy familiar flat-out forthright free from the hip guileless heart-to-heart honest ingenuous lay it on the line like it is man-to-man matter-of-fact naive natural open outright outspoken plain plain-spoken plainspoken real saying what one thinks scrupulous sincere straight straight-out straightforward transparent truthful unconcealed undisguised uninhibited unreserved unrestricted up front upright

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Interstitials still feature polished pictures of Guthrie smiling and joking with her colleagues, and the contrast with her bare-faced, wrung-out appearance in the family’s Instagram reels is staggering, as it should be.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

Elle said since she entered Ms Great Britain bare-faced she has received messages from people who say she has helped them.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

You might think Lady Gaga’s bare-faced, ripped-jeans-and-T-shirt appearance during her performance of “Hold My Hand” was because it was all last minute.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2023

President Joe Biden on Nov. 14 before the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia, as well as a bare-faced confrontation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

From Reuters • Mar. 3, 2023

It wasn't the shock treatment that struck me, so much as the bare-faced treachery of Doctor Nolan.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath