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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

Example Sentences

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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

She said the feeling she got from winning the bare-faced round in the Miss England contest inspired her decision to compete make-up free in the whole competition.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

He is not the first bare-faced liar any of us have met, and he can’t be an icon unless we make him one.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

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

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

bare-faced

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