barefacedness
Unashamed brazen quality
Barefacedness is the quality of being shameless or brazenly audacious.
Where a barefaced lie is told without attempt at concealment, barefacedness is that general disposition toward boldness without pretense of innocence: The barefacedness of his corruption shocked even his allies.
Shameless, defiant boldness
- impudenceShameless boldness toward superiors
- effronteryShameless, insolent boldness
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
- gallImpudent boldness or bitterness
cheek · nerve · chutzpah · insolence · immodesty · brashness · unashamedness · boldness
State of being evident
- flagrancyShameless conspicuousness of offense
- overtnessState of being unconcealed
- transparencyState of being see-through
- opennessQuality of being accessible
nakedness · starkness · conspicuousness · unmistakability · visibility · plainness · baldness · explicitness
Stating known falsehoods
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- mendacityDisposition to lie
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- untruthfulnessDisposition toward false statements
duplicity · fraud · deceitfulness · insincerity · disingenuousness · fabrication · prevarication · dissembling
brazenness
Shameless, defiant boldness
- impudenceShameless boldness toward superiors
- effronteryShameless, insolent boldness
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
gall · cheek · nerve · chutzpah · insolence · immodesty · brashness · unashamedness · boldness · forwardness
obviousness
State of being evident
- flagrancyShameless conspicuousness of offense
- overtnessState of being unconcealed
- transparencyState of being see-through
openness · nakedness · starkness · conspicuousness · unmistakability · visibility · plainness · baldness · explicitness · frankness
lying
Stating known falsehoods
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- mendacityDisposition to lie
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
untruthfulness · duplicity · fraud · deceitfulness · insincerity · disingenuousness · fabrication · prevarication · dissembling · two-facedness
barefacednessshame
Painful awareness of failure
shamefacedness · bashfulness · modesty · sheepishness · abashment
barefacednesstimidity
Fearful lack of courage
timorousness · diffidence · shyness · meekness · coyness
barefacednessdiscretion
Careful judgment in speech
tact · tactfulness · subtlety · circumspection · delicacy