Boldness
['boldnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly.
(noun.) impudent aggressiveness; 'I couldn't believe her boldness'; 'he had the effrontery to question my honesty'.
(noun.) the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; 'the proposal required great boldness'; 'the plan required great hardiness of heart'.
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Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being bold.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fearlessness, dauntlessness, intrepidity, courage, BRAVERY, valor, audacity, daring, pluck, heroism, hardihood, SPUNK.[2]. Confidence, assurance, confident mien, freedom from bashfulness.[3]. Impudence, insolence, sauciness, rudeness, impertinence, effrontery, presumption, brass, face, front, CHEEK.[4]. Prominence, striking character or quality.[5]. Steepness, abruptness.
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Examples
- Numerous offences had been committed in the neighbourhood; the perpetrators remained undiscovered, and their boldness increased. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He was never ostracized--his prestige with the quieter citizens saved him from that; but he was attacked with increasing boldness and steadfastness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is something in boldness and determination that for a time hushes even the rudest nature. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- By very skilful manoeuvres and boldness of attack he completely routed the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was the very boldness of the plan which rendered it successful. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I passed over the manner in which she gave her message, and the dreadful boldness of her look. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But, Louisa looked at her father with more boldness than Thomas did. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- That perhaps, I went on, you will excuse my boldness on that account. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Fortune commonly favours the bold and enterprizing; and nothing inspires us with more boldness than a good opinion of ourselves. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Edison's boldness and breadth of conception are well illustrated in his idea of a poured house, in which he displays his accustomed tendency to reverse accepted methods. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To inquire what he might have done, if he had had any boldness, would be like inquiring what a mongrel cur might do, if it had the spirit of a tiger. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She did it with a look of hesitation and bashfulness, quite unlike the eldrich boldness and brightness which was usual with her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The very boldness of his language gave him weight; each knew that he spoke truth--a truth known, but not acknowledged. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My darling Walter, she said, must we really account for our boldness in coming here? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The guests had been selected with a boldness and discrimination in which the initiated recognised the firm hand of Catherine the Great. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Typist: Ollie