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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 |
Balcher | | ['ba:ltʃə] | |
Dmitrii | | DMEE-tree | Russian |
Silvano | | seel-VAH-no | Italian |
Kasper | | KAHS-per (Polish, Swedish), KAHS-pər (Dutch) | Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
Cleto | | KLE-to (Italian, Spanish) | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
IÑAki | | - | Basque |