Meaning of BOLD-FACED
| Pronunciation: | | 'bowld`feyst
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| | Definition: | | [adj] unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell |
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| | Synonyms: | | audacious, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent, unashamed |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bold"-faced`\, a.
1. Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced
woman.
I have seen enough to confute all the bold-faced
atheists of this age. --Bramhall.
2. (Print.) Having a conspicuous or heavy face.
Note: This line is bold-faced nonpareil.
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| | Related Terms: | | aweless, barefaced, blackface, bold, bold as brass, boldface, boldfaced, brassy, brazen, brazenfaced, cheeky, chromotypic, chromotypographic, forward, fresh, full-faced, impudent, lightface, lost to shame, lower-case, nervy, pert, phototypic, sassy, shameless, smart, smart-alecky, stereotypic, swaggering, typographic, unabashed, unblushing, upper-case |
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