About The Word Bold
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Bold
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What's The Definition Of Bold?
[n] a typeface with thick heavy lines
[adj] fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure" [adj] clear and distinct; "bold handwriting"; "a figure carved in bold relief"; "a bold design" [adj] very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock" Synonyms | Synonyms for Bold: audacious | bluff | bold face | boldface | brash | brave | conspicuous | daredevil | dauntless | emboldened | fearless | foolhardy | heroic | heroical | intrepid | nervy | obvious | overreaching | overvaliant | rash | reckless | sheer | steep | temerarious | unfearing | vaulting | venturesome Related Terms | Find terms related to Bold: abrupt | adventurous | arrant | arrogant | audacious | aweless | barefaced | blatant | bluff | bold as brass | boldfaced | bold-spirited | bossed | bossy | brash | brassy | brave | brazen | brazenfaced | breakneck | bumptious | challenging | chased | cheeky | chivalric | chivalrous | clear | cocky | confident | conspicuous | contemptuous | contumelious | courageous | daredevil | daring | dauntless | death-defying | defiant | defying | derisive | disdainful | disregardful | distinct | doughty | embossed | eminent | emissile | enterprising | excrescent | excrescential | exhibitionistic | extruding | fearless | fire-eating | fit for sea | flagrant | foolhardy | forward | fresh | gallant | glaring | greathearted | greatly daring | hanging out | hardy | harebrained | headlong | heroic | herolike | immodest | impertinent | impudent | in relief | in the foreground | incautious | insolent | intrepid | ironhearted | jutting | knightlike | knightly | lionhearted | lost to shame | madbrain | madbrained | madcap | manful | manly | nervy | notable | noticeable | notorious | obtrusive | ostensible | outstanding | pert | plucky | plunging | precipitous | presumptuous | procacious | prognathous | projecting | prominent | pronounced | protrudent | protruding | protrusile | protrusive | protuberant | protuberating | raised | rapid | rash | reckless | regardless of consequences | resolute | salient | sassy | saucy | sea-kindly | seaworthy | shameless | sharp | sheer | smart | smart-alecky | snug | soldierlike | soldierly | stalwart | staring | stark-staring | steep | sticking out | stiff | stout | stouthearted | striking | strong | swaggering | temerarious | tender | unabashed | unafraid | unashamed | unblushing | undaunted | unembarrassed | unmodest | valiant | valorous | venturesome | vertical | vigorous | vivid | waterproof | watertight | weatherly | wild | wild-ass See Also | adventuresome | adventurous | courageous | face | font | forward | fount | typeface | unafraid(p) Bold In Webster's Dictionary \Bold\ (b[=o]ld), a. [OE. bald, bold, AS. bald, beald; akin
to Icel. ballr, OHG. bald, MHG. balt, D. boud, Goth.
bal[thorn]ei boldness, It. baldo. In Ger. there remains only
bald, adv. soon. Cf. {Bawd}, n.]
1. Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous
or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
Throngs of knights and barons bold. --Milton.
2. Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger;
planned with courage; daring; vigorous. ``The bold design
leased highly.'' --Milton.
3. In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over
assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or
restraint; rude; impudent.
Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice.
--Shak.
4. Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules,
as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in
composition or expression; as, the figures of an author
are bold. ``Bold tales.'' --Waller.
The cathedral church is a very bold work. --Addison.
5. Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous;
striking the eye; in high relief.
Shadows in painting . . . make the figure bolder.
--Dryden.
6. Steep; abrupt; prominent.
Where the bold cape its warning forehead rears.
--Trumbull.
\Bold\, v. t. To make bold or daring. [Obs.] --Shak. \Bold\, v. i. To be or become bold. [Obs.] |
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