Meaning

8 senses
  1. Courageous, daring.

    Bold deeds win admiration and, sometimes, medals.

    mutig, wagemutig, tapfer

    сме́лыйsmélyj, хра́брыйxrábryj, отва́жныйotvážnyj

    fearless and daring

  2. Visually striking; conspicuous.

    the painter's bold use of colour and outline

  3. Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.

    Many bold fonts are available on this computer.

    In HTML, wrapping text in <b> and </b> tags produces bold text.

    fett

    жи́рныйžírnyj, полужи́рныйpolužírnyj

  4. Presumptuous, forward or impudent.

  5. (Ireland)Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.

    All of her children are terribly bold and never do as they are told.

  6. Full-bodied.

  7. (Philippines)Pornographic; depicting nudity.

    The government warned bus operators against continuing to show bold content on buses.

  8. Steep or abrupt.

Examples

100 sentences
  1. Tom is quite bold.

    Том доволі хоробрий. — deniko

  2. People say that Tom is bold.

  3. That was a very bold move.

  4. We need somebody with bold new ideas.

  5. What a bold thing to do!

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
courageous, daring:
having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
courageous, daring:
having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface:

Origin

From Middle English bold, bolde, bald, beald, from Old English bald, beald (“bold, brave,

From Middle English bold, bolde, bald, beald, from Old English bald, beald (“bold, brave, confident, strong, of good courage, presumptuous, impudent”), from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, *bʰlē- (“to bloat, swell, bubble”).

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Forms

bolder/more bold, boldest/most bold
Comparativebolder / more bold Lesson
Superlativeboldest / most bold Lesson

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Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front:bluffsheer

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

24 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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