bold
[ bohld ]
/ boʊld /
adjective, bold·er, bold·est.
Idioms for bold
be/make (so) bold,
to presume or venture; dare: I made bold to offer my suggestion.
Origin of bold
before 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 < Germanic
*bál-tha-z; akin to Welsh
balch proud, Irish
balc strong <
*bal-ko-
SYNONYMS FOR bold
synonym study for bold
2.
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
OTHER WORDS FROM bold
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bold
bolder boulderWords nearby bold
bola,
bolan pass,
boland,
bolar,
bolas,
bold,
bold as brass,
bold face,
bold-faced,
bolden,
boldface
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British Dictionary definitions for boldly
Derived forms of bold
boldly, adverb boldness, nounWord Origin for bold
Old English
beald; related to Old Norse
ballr dangerous, terrible,
baldinn defiant, Old High German
bald bold
Idioms and Phrases with boldly
bold