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liar
barefaced liar
One who tells blatantly obvious and/or impudent untruths easily and with little or no attempt to disguise the lie. Everyone knows he is just a barefaced liar. It's a wonder anyone believes a thing he says anymore.
bald-faced liar
One who tells blatantly obvious and/or impudent untruths easily and with little or no attempt to disguise the lie. Everyone knows he is just a bald-faced liar. It's a wonder anyone believes a thing he says anymore.
bold-faced liar
One who tells blatantly obvious and/or impudent untruths easily and with little or no attempt to disguise the lie. Everyone knows he is just a bold-faced liar. It's a wonder anyone believes a thing he says anymore.
liar is not believed (even) when he tells the truth
Prov. If people think that you are a liar, they will not believe anything you say. As it turned out, Fred was right when he warned his friends that the police were planning to raid their party; but they paid no attention to him, since they knew him to be a liar, and a liar is not believed even when he tells the truth.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Iorwerth | | - | Welsh |
| Ferdinand | | FER-dee-nahnt (German, Dutch), FUR-di-nand (English), FER-dee-nahnd (Finnish) | German, French, Dutch, English, Czech, Slovene, Finnish, Ancient Germanic |
| Giuseppina | | joo-zep-PEE-nah | Italian |
| Steele | | [sti:l] | |
| Tacita | | - | Ancient Roman |
| Anas | | - | Arabic |