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-

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 boulder

Example sentences from the Web for boldly

British Dictionary definitions for boldly

bold
/ (bəʊld) /

adjective

noun

printing short for bold face

Derived forms of bold

boldly, adverb boldness, noun

Word 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

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