bald-faced lie



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bald-faced lie

A blatantly obvious and/or impudent untruth, one in which the liar does not attempt to disguise his or her mendacity. Our son tells us nothing but bald-faced lies when we ask him where he goes at night.
See also: lie

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Cnaeus-Ancient Roman
MetaME-tah (German)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Ptolemais-Ancient Greek
İSkender-Turkish
Hanna (1)HAHN-nah (Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian), HAH-nah (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German, Dutch, Icelandic, Hungar
VÖLund-Norse Mythology