Crossword clues for boldness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boldness \Bold"ness\, n. The state or quality of being bold.
Syn: Courage; bravery; intrepidity; dauntlessness; hardihood; assurance. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. 1 The state of being bold; courage. 2 presumptuousness 3 (context typography English) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.
WordNet
n. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness" [syn: daring, hardihood] [ant: timidity]
impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn: nerve, brass, face, cheek]
the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly [syn: strikingness]
Wikipedia
Boldness is the opposite of fearfulness. To be bold implies a willingness to get things done despite risks.
For example, in the context of sociability, a bold person may be willing to risk shame or rejection in social situations, or to bend rules of etiquette or politeness. An excessively bold person could aggressively ask for money, or persistently push someone to fulfill a request.
The word "bold" may also be used as a synonym of "impudent": for example, a child may be punished for being "bold" by acting disrespectfully toward an adult or by misbehaving.
Boldness may be contrasted with courageousness in that the latter implies having fear but confronting it. An example of personified boldness may be found in the Greco-Roman mythological character Philemon.
Usage examples of "boldness".
When Esther and I were alone I began to compliment her, much to her delight, on the cleverness of her answer, the elegance of her style, and her boldness, for she could not be as well acquainted with French affairs as I was.
The impunity of rapine had increased the boldness and numbers of the wild Isaurians: those robbers descended from their craggy mountains to ravage the adjacent country, and had even presumed, though without success, to besiege the important city of Seleucia, which was defended by a garrison of three Roman legions.
These raids were carried out with great boldness, and villages situated within a few miles of Berber were attacked.
He was a fine young fellow, of great boldness and even impudence, and one day he came into our room and asked me to give him a dinner just as Maton and myself were sitting down to table.
One day after dinner, as I was sitting at table with my friend Campioni, a pretty little girl, between twelve and thirteen, as I should imagine, came into my room with mingled boldness and fear, and made me a low bow.
She could not attribute my reserve to a feeling of modesty, and not knowing why I did not shew more boldness she must have supposed that I was either ill or impotent.
I could hardly understand her boldness, and I could not conceive how she contrived to enjoy so much liberty.
I had to exercise boldness and foresight to rid myself of troubles which chance might bring to pass or which I could foresee.
Some of those, however, on whom Charles principally depended, now stood aloof, either fluctuating in their principles, astonished at the boldness of the undertaking, or startled at the remonstrances of their friends, who did not fail to represent, in aggravated colours, all the danger of embarking in such a desperate enterprise.
Richard, though unprepared for assault in that quarter, set forth from Gaillard with boldness and all speed.
I have often spent the night rambling about with him, and I was amazed at his cynical boldness and impudence.
The buildings were remarkable at this distance not so much for boldness, their bright aspiring, as for the raddled emotions they called forth, the amber mood, evoking as they did some of the ache of stunning ruins.
Aunt Nicky roundly scolded Edgar Stirling, with renewed respect and understanding for his boldness in dancing the last dance with Caroline the night before.
The deer from Melanudrigill had none of their winter boldness, and indeed all wild animals had become shyer of the presence of man than the oldest inhabitant remembered.
Whatever praise the boldness of the Sclavonians may deserve, it is sullied by the wanton and deliberate cruelty which they are accused of exercising on their prisoners.