Bold-faced

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  boldface \boldface\ n.
     a typeface with thick heavy lines; -- also called
     {bold-faced}.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Bold-faced \Bold"-faced`\, a.
     1. Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced
        woman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I have seen enough to confute all the bold-faced
              atheists of this age.                 --Bramhall.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Print.) Having a conspicuous or heavy face; -- also
        called {boldface}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: This line is bold-faced nonpareil.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bold-faced
       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 [syn: {audacious}, {barefaced},
              {bodacious}, {brassy}, {brazen}, {brazen-faced}, {insolent}]