bold

  • 41bold — 1. adjective a) Courageous, daring. It would be extraordinarily bold of me to give it a try after seeing what has happened to you. b) having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface The last word of this sentence is bold. Syn: brave …

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  • 42bold — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel ▪ become, grow ▪ make sb ▪ The exciting news had made him bold. ADVERB …

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  • 43bold — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, adventurous, arrant, arrogant, audacious, aweless, barefaced, blatant, bluff, bold as brass, bold spirited, boldfaced, bossed, bossy, brash, brassy, brave, brazen, brazenfaced, breakneck, bumptious, challenging …

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  • 44bold — [OE] In Old English, bold meant simply ‘brave’; the modern connotations of immodesty or presumptuousness do not seem to have developed until the 12th century. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *balthaz, based ultimately, it has been… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 45bold — adjective 1》 confident and daring or courageous.     ↘dated audacious; impudent. 2》 (of a colour or design) strong or vivid.     ↘(of type) having thick strokes. noun a typeface with thick strokes. Phrases be (or make) so bold as to do something… …

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  • 46bold — a. 1. Fearless, dauntless, daring, valiant, valorous, doughty, undaunted, hardy, intrepid, courageous, brave, heroic, audacious, adventurous, gallant, spirited, mettlesome, manful, manly, stout hearted, bold spirited. 2. Confident, assured, self… …

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  • 47bold — adjective 1) bold adventurers Syn: daring, intrepid, brave, courageous, valiant, fearless, dauntless, audacious, daredevil, adventurous, heroic, plucky; informal gutsy, spunky 2) a bold pattern …

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  • 48bold — mod. great; outstanding. □ Bold move, Charles. You outfoxed them. □ The movie we saw last night was really bold …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 49bold — [OE] In Old English, bold meant simply ‘brave’; the modern connotations of immodesty or presumptuousness do not seem to have developed until the 12th century. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *balthaz, based ultimately, it has been… …

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  • 50bold — I Everyday English Slang in Ireland (a) naughty II Philippine English Nude. Maybe because movies showing nudity were considered bold, as in daring. Possibly from the 1960s when conservatism in society was only beginning to break down …

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