Bold

Word BOLD
Character 4
Hyphenation bold
Pronunciations /bəʊld/

Definitions and meanings of "Bold"

What do we mean by bold?

Fearless and daring; courageous. adjective

Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring: synonym: brave. adjective

Unduly forward and brazen; impudent. adjective

Strikingly different or unconventional; arresting or provocative. adjective

Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous. adjective

Strong or pronounced; prominent. adjective

Steep or abrupt in grade or terrain. adjective

Boldface. adjective

Daring; courageous; brave; intrepid; fearless: applied to men or animals: as, bold as a lion.

Requiring or exhibiting courage; planned or executed with courage and spirit: as, a bold enterprise.

Confident; trusting; assured.

Forward; impudent; audacious: as, a bold huzzy.

Overstepping usual bounds; presuming upon sympathy or forbearance; showing liberty or license, as in style or expression: as, a bold metaphor.

Standing out to view; striking to the eye; markedly conspicuous; prominent: as, a bold headland; a bold handwriting.

Steep; abrupt: as, a bold shore (one that enters the water almost perpendicularly).

Deep, as water, close to the shore; navigable very near to the land.

To make bold; embolden; encourage.

To become bold.

A dwelling; habitation; building.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bold

The word "bold" in example sentences

Text enclosed by asterisks was in bold face in the original (* bold*). ❋ Raymond Z. Gallun (1952)

Text enclosed between tilde characters was in bold face in the original book (~this text is bold~). ❋ James McCrone Douie (1894)

He applied in public things the Spenserian line, '_Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold_,' but neither did he forget the iron door with its admonition, '_Be not too bold_.' ❋ John Morley (1880)

Text enclosed between tilde characters was in bold face in the original (~bold face~). ❋ D. A. Compton (1846)

The section mentions several migratory statuses without specifically including or excluding inmigrado (emphasis in bold is mine). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Right there in bold is the issue with your thinking … Israel has been provoking them for 60 years straight. ❋ Unknown (2006)

(The "unsigned" in bold is a little confusing when you're scanning the list, but it just refers to the original price of the books.) ❋ Unknown (2005)

Make the title bold and in some color other than the default black. ❋ Vbdotnetnrew (2009)

In an emailed statement, Spain's Telefónica SA expressed support for the proposal, which it called a "bold political move to find a long-term structural solution to inject more competition" before "price regulation can be lifted in the coming future." ❋ Frances Robinson (2011)

In an op-ed that ran in the Los Angeles Times, Bruce Barcott cheered what he described as bold parenting. ❋ Unknown (2010)

From a fundraising e-mail this morning (the bold is the way it appears in the original message): ❋ Unknown (2008)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The president today spoke of what he called the bold steps these last 10 months to stabilize the financial system. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And, lest we forget all the judge-bashing of late, the AP provides this handy listing (the bold is my idea, not AP's): After the death of Schiavo, a brain-damaged Florida woman whose parents unsuccessfully sought to have her feeding tube reinserted despite her husband's wishes, some Republican members of Congress lashed out at judges involved in the case. ❋ Unknown (2005)

MCINTYRE: Contacted by CNN, Murray Neal, the CEO of Pinnacle Armor and the inventor of Dragon Skin, accused General Sorenson of what he called a bold-faced lie, insisting the Army has documentation showing his Dragon Skin vests exceed Army requirements. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This is what you call a bold initiative to really “identify the base”. it has already been mentioned that we already knew this was going on. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Turning to the day's other news, a top White House official today declared that President Bush's State of the Union speech tomorrow will be what he called a bold step forward in the debate about Social Security reform. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Republican Senator Pat Roberts, the highly respected chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, unveiled what he calls a bold action plan and, indeed, that plan includes a dismantling of the CIA, and already many powerful Democrats voicing opposition. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And to that end, the secretary of state is coming here to offer support for what he calls the bold, courageous move that President Pervez Musharraf made in standing with the ... ❋ Unknown (2001)

FDR was guided not by the iron dictates of ideology, but by the pragmatism by what he called bold persistent experimentation. ❋ ITY National Archives (1998)

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