bold-faced

[ bohld-feyst ]

/ ˈboʊldˌfeɪst /

impudent; brazen: He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise.

Printing. (of type) having thick, heavy lines.

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First recorded in 1585–95

bold-fac·ed·ly

[bohld-fey-sid-lee, -feyst-], /ˈboʊldˌfeɪ sɪd li, -ˌfeɪst-/, adverbbold-fac·ed·ness, noun

Of course, the entire piece was less an exclusive and more a bold-faced lie.
5 Epic April Fool’s Day Pranks|Bill Schulz|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And for the ultimate head case, meet Dr. Frank Petito, neurologist to every bold-faced business name you can imagine.
Gal With a Suitcase: New York's Best Pampering Spots|Jolie Hunt|February 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Situated in a former 19th-century bank, this place is posh with the clientele and bold-faced names to prove it.
Gal With a Suitcase|Jolie Hunt|December 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Who are those disreputable looking, bold-faced creatures that are making eyes at you?
Figures of Earth|James Branch Cabell

And conspirators they are—but bold-faced conspirators in the face of a dripping heaven.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 391, May, 1848|Various
He had spent the afternoon reading a voluminous, neat, smoothly written, extremely convincing batch of bold-faced lies.
Bear Trap|Alan Edward Nourse
But matters it seemed were not to stop here; for from every turning and from every door angry and bold-faced women emerged.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 696|Various
We are taking a trip through the greatest kingdom in the world, the empire of unhampered, bold-faced, threatening sin.
The Vice Bondage of a Great City or the Wickedest City in the World|Robert O. Harland