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adjective

1. Taking or willing to take risks: adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, daredevil, daring, enterprising, venturesome, venturous. See safety/danger.
2. Having or showing courage: audacious, brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fortitudinous, gallant, game, hardy, heroic, intrepid, mettlesome, plucky, stout, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous. Informal spunky. Slang gutsy, gutty. See fear/courage.
3. Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity. Slang wise. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.
4. Readily attracting notice: arresting, conspicuous, eye-catching, marked, noticeable, observable, outstanding, pointed, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, salient, signal, striking. Idioms: sticking out like a sore thumb. See see/not see.
5. So sharply inclined as to be almost perpendicular: abrupt, precipitous, sheer, steep. See horizontal/vertical/change of position.

Idioms beginning with bold:
bold as brass

In addition to the idiom beginning with bold, also see big and bold; make bold.

adj

Definition: brave
Antonyms: afraid, cowardly, fearful, meek, shy, timid, weak

adj

Definition: brazen, insolent
Antonyms: meek, quiet, reticent, retiring, shy, timid, timorous

adj

Definition: bright, striking
Antonyms: faint, fair, light

IN BRIEF: Willing to meet danger.

The boy picked up a bee's nest; that was bold, but also dangerous.

Tutor's tip: The "bold" (brave) woman "bowled" (past tense of bowl) a perfect game today.

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For a list of words related to bold, see:

• Extroverted, Outgoing, Outspoken, or Dramatic
• Strong, Bold, or Tough

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - modig, kæk, dristig
n. - fed skrift

idioms:

• be so bold as to    tage sig den frihed at, driste sig til at
• bold as brass    fræk som en slagterhund
• make bold    driste sig, tage sig frihed

Nederlands (Dutch)
dapper, stoutmoedig, gewaagd, brutaal, vermetel, vet (gedrukt)

Français (French)
adj. - intrépide, insolent, (Art, littér) hardi, vigoureux, en gras (caractères d'imprimerie), escarpé, abrupt (falaise)
n. - caractères gras

idioms:

• be so bold as to    être audacieux au point de
• bold as brass    d'un air effronté
• make bold    avoir l'audace de, prendre la liberté de

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kühn, mutig, unverschämt, (Druck) fett, (Seew.) tief
n. - Fettdruck

idioms:

• be so bold as to    sich erdreisten zu, sich die Freiheit nehmen zu
• bold as brass    unverfroren
• make bold    sich erdreisten

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τολμηρός, θαρραλέος, αναιδής, θρασύς, (για χρώματα κ.λπ.) ζωηρός, έντονος, καθαρόγραμμος, ευκρινής, (τυπογρ.) έντονος, μαύρος

idioms:

• be so bold as to    παίρνω το θάρρος να
• bold as brass    θρασύτατος
• make bold    παίρνω θάρρος, αποτολμώ

Italiano (Italian)
coraggioso, sfacciato, temerario

idioms:

• be so bold as to    permettersi di
• bold as brass    sfacciatissimo
• make bold    permettersi

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - corajoso, insolente, nítido

idioms:

• be so bold as to    ousar
• bold as brass    muito ousado
• make bold    usar e abusar (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
смелый, отважный

idioms:

• be so bold as to    осмеливаться
• bold as brass    бесстыжий, нахальный
• make bold    осмеливаться

Español (Spanish)
adj. - valiente, intrépido, descarado, audaz, atrevido, temerario
n. - valiente

idioms:

• be so bold as to    presumir, aventurar
• bold as brass    tener mucha cara
• make bold    atreverse, tomarse la libertad de

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - djärv, dristig, vågad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大胆的, 引人注目的, 无耻的, 粗体

idioms:

• be so bold as to    如此放肆地...
• bold as brass    厚脸皮, 厚颜无耻
• make bold    使大胆地, 大胆

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 大膽的, 引人注目的, 無恥的
n. - 粗體

idioms:

• be so bold as to    如此放肆地...
• bold as brass    厚臉皮, 厚顏無恥
• make bold    使大膽地, 大膽

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대담한, 버릇없는, 기발한
n. - 용감, 버릇없음

idioms:

• be so bold as to    감히~하다
• make bold    대담하게 부딪히다, ~을 슬쩍하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大胆な, ずうずうしい, 険しい, 肉太の, 際だった

idioms:

• be so bold as to    あえて～する
• bold as brass    実にずうずうしい
• make bold    大胆に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شجاع, جريء, مقدام, باسل, جسور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ברור, בולט, אמיץ, נועז, חסר-בושה, חצוף‬
n. - ‮גופן (אות-דפוס) עבה‬

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