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[ bohld-feyst ] / ˈboʊldˌfeɪst /
adjectiveimpudent; brazen: He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise. Printing. (of type) having thick, heavy lines. Origin of bold-facedFirst recorded in 1585–95 OTHER WORDS FROM bold-facedbold-fac·ed·ly [bohld-fey-sid-lee, -feyst-], /ˈboʊldˌfeɪ sɪd li, -ˌfeɪst-/, adverbbold-fac·ed·ness, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bold-facedbarefaced, boldface, bold-faced Words nearby bold-facedbolas, bold, bold as brass, Bolden, boldface, bold-faced, boldhearted, boldo, Boldrewood, bole, bolection Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bold-facedOf 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
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