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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bold /boʊld/USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - unafraid in the face of danger;
courageous:bold and daring pilots. - ignoring good manners by not showing respect;
impudent:a bold child who always talks back to her parents. - finding new solutions;
inventive or imaginative:a bold solution to a perplexing problem. - very bright or very dark;
striking to the eye;
flashy;
showy:a shirt with a bold pattern.
bold•ly, adv.: They boldly went where no one had gone before.bold•ness, n. [uncountable][Enough of your boldness* go to your room!] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bold (bōld),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff;
courageous and daring:a bold hero. - not hesitating to break the rules of propriety;
forward;
impudent:He apologized for being so bold as to speak to the emperor. - necessitating courage and daring;
challenging:a bold adventure. - beyond the usual limits of conventional thought or action;
imaginative:Einstein was a bold mathematician. a difficult problem needing a bold answer. - striking or conspicuous to the eye;
flashy;
showy:a bold pattern. - steep;
abrupt:a bold promontory. - Nautical, Naval Termsdeep enough to be navigable close to the shore:bold waters.
- Printingtypeset in boldface.
- [Obs.]trusting;
assured. - Idioms make bold, to presume or venture;
dare:I made bold to offer my suggestion.
- *bal-ko-
- Gmc *bál-tha-z; akin to Welsh balch proud, Irish balc strong
- bef. 1000; Middle English bald, bold, Old English b(e)ald; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German bald, Dutch boud bold, Old Norse ballr dire
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fearless, adventurous, brave, valiant, intrepid, valorous, dauntless.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Bold, brazen, forward, presumptuous may refer to manners in a derogatory way. Bold suggests impudence, shamelessness, and immodesty:a bold stare.Brazen suggests the same, together with a defiant manner:a brazen liar.Forward implies making oneself unduly prominent or bringing oneself to notice with too much assurance. Presumptuous implies overconfidence, effrontery, taking too much for granted.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged modest.
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