(n.) Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
(n.) Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.
(n.) In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.
(n.) Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold.
(n.) Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.
(n.) Steep; abrupt; prominent.
(v. t.) To make bold or daring.
(v. i.) To be or become bold.
Example Sentences:
(1) Obamacare price hikes show that now is the time to be bold | Celine Gounder Read more No longer able to keep patients off their plans outright, insurers have resorted to other ways to discriminate and avoid paying for necessary treatments.
(2) Moments later, Strauss introduces the bold human character with an energetic, upwards melody which he titles "the climb" in the score.
(3) And that is why we have taken bold action at home – by making historic investments in renewable energy; by putting our people to work increasing efficiency in our homes and buildings; and by pursuing comprehensive legislation to transform to a clean energy economy.
(4) No doubt it was intended as a bold and graphic way of presenting the Iranian nuclear threat, but much of the initial response – on Twitter, at least – was ridicule.
(5) Noonan was also bold in his projection for Irish economic growth by 3.9% for 2015, which is higher than the original 2.7% growth predicted back in April this year.
(6) He Peirong has been at the forefront of a bold and innovative campaign by Chinese activists to free Chen and his family from their lengthy captivity.
(7) But Di Matteo has made bold selections before, not least when he asked Ramires to play on the left of midfield against Barcelona in an attempt to nullify the threat posed by the marauding Daniel Alves down the flank.
(8) But Sanders, 73, rejected the idea his appeal is limited to voters on the left, boldly predicting on Wednesday that his message would appeal to both fellow independents and Republicans.
(9) Read more The agreement earned a mixed initial reception, with the UN hailing a “bold” and “groundbreaking” outcome even as other delegates complained of “a terrible precedent” and lack of moral leadership.
(10) There is effective use of a scuba-like neoprene fabric which is slickly practical and gives a bold, shell-like silhouette to hooded coats and to sweatshirts which seems to reference the balloon and cocoon shapes that Cristobal Balenciaga invented to great acclaim in the 1950s.
(11) Previously a cover-up and reworking of a tattoo beneath, when she was performing across the UK with Girls Aloud in February , you could see the bold work in progress poking above her backless stage costumes.
(12) Blowing up the flats will on the one hand "serve as an unforgettable statement of how Glasgow is confidently embracing the future and changing for the better", while on the other it will "serve as a respectful recognition and celebration of the role the Red Road flats have played in shaping the lives of thousands of city families for whom these flats have simply been home … " According to David Zolkwer, who as the games' artistic director may have had the idea, the demolition will be "a bold and confident statement that says: 'Bring on the future'."
(13) But the equaliser was fair reward for the best move of the game and for Strachan’s own boldness in putting a player on to push back Séamus Coleman on Ireland’s right.
(14) Carney will have to defend his bold pledge to peg UK interest rates to their current record low of 7% until unemployment rate has dropped to 7%, sometime in 2016 by the Bank's reckoning.
(15) But US security experts criticised the administration for appearing to time its intervention to suit conflicting agendas of the Asean and Paris summits rather than more boldly assert the principle of freedom of navigation.
(16) Charlotte Emma Aitchison suits the bold, bratty music she makes.
(17) Advising renegotiation was "a bold recommendation" but showed the depth of backbench feeling on the issue, he added: "This is a joint committee of the Lords and the Commons, with a coalition government majority, and it's a unanimous report."
(18) The only Newcastle player that regularly took initiatives in the first half was Andros Townsend but he lacked the accuracy to make good on bold intentions.
(19) In 2007 a fresh-faced MP spent two days at the home of a Muslim family in Birmingham and then wrote boldly of how it wasn’t possible to “bully people into feeling British: we have to inspire them”; “you can’t even start to talk about a truly integrated society while people are suffering racist … abuse … on a daily basis”.
(20) After meeting the summit host, the president of the Philippines, Obama said the US and Manila had agreed on the need for “bold steps to lower tensions, including pledging to halt reclamation, new construction and militarisation of disputed islands in the South China Sea”.
Saucy
Definition:
(superl.) Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow.
(superl.) Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks.
Example Sentences:
(1) The woman said she had found a mobile phone containing "scores, maybe hundreds of saucy texts from a married celebrity" and then read the texts down the phone.
(2) Dressed in saris, the hijras gave an air-steward style demonstration of how to wear the belt while directing saucy, suggestive remarks at the drivers watching them.
(3) The group were the centre of controversy when their saucy "butt dance" for How Dare You was banned on South Korean TV.
(4) The ref blows for a free kick, but doesn't book the saucy bugger.
(5) It was also, crucially, the first step in the shift away from the Winehouse of common caricature, the Olive Oyl figure with the beehive, and the drug abuse, the saucy mouth and the baleful talk of "Blake Incarcerated"; the artist people had sadly come to expect – who had once offered to lamp a member of the audience at Glastonbury, and who had last graced a stage at a festival in Serbia, where she stood swaying and mumbling before a baying audience of 20,000.
(6) As erudite as he was rude, Kenneth Williams is now remembered as the author of a bleak and illuminating diary and not just for his saucy anecdotes and Carry On films.
(7) When they're not 7ft-tall high-heeled dominatrix killers, women in games tend to be saucy background-dressing or yelping damsels in distress.
(8) Minaj earns a few extra points for promoting a variety of body types, having a sense of humour and subverting a saucy “whipped cream on breasts” sequence into one where she slices a banana into pieces (yes, men, that moment is meant to make you worry about your penises).
(9) Just think of the hoardings: feisty women with attitude, sporting magnificent fingernails and vaguely dressed as St Mary Magdalene, are seen tearing at Pontius Pilate’s face – someone like Nigel Havers, looking saucy.” Christ’s Jerusalem Monopoly “My kids have a Star Wars one,” the permanent secretary tells a minister irritably.
(10) Don't read on if you haven't seen episode four Catch up with Paul MacInnes's episode three blog here Episode four: To Have and To Hold 'Harry has great ideas' – Scarlett First we must deal with the consequences of ketchup: of being crushed by the King Kong of condiments, of saucy dreams that go splat.
(11) Donald McGill spent a lifetime stirring up scandal in the coastal tearooms of 20th-century Britain with his saucy postcards.
(12) What I need is a saucy little German full-back-alike to get over it.
(13) It could be a long, saucy lunch.” Mike Myers jumped on stage to offer himself as a lunch date following the bid for Cooper and Lauer, and his was auctioned for $50,000.
(14) 27 min: Juninho tries to score a free kick from wide right, 35 yards out, the saucy bugger.
(15) • visitblackpool.com Vintage events , Margate, Kent Margate is a riot of kitsch and somewhat saucy seaside shenanigans.
(16) His wishes were fulfilled as the industry prudently moved away from the sombre neo-realism of the immediate postwar years towards mildly saucy comedies and the sub-De Mille-style epics, set in antiquity with their cast of thousands of buxom Roman ladies.
(17) I even work out on occasion, if I’m feeling particularly saucy.
(18) • Ayuntamiento 21, a few blocks south of the Alameda, Centro, open daily, 8am-10pm Tacos de guisados: Taquería El Guero (Hola) Guisados are saucy stews with a thousand variations.
(19) I can feel pretty peaceful doing other things as well,” he says, with what I think might be a saucy look.
(20) So make what sense you can of the vast menu, lavish with photos, or go for the steamed carp (£8) or tilapia (£9) with ginger; a pile of noodles ( massas ) with beef, pork, prawns or mixed seafood ( carne, lombo, camerão or fruto do mar, £7); or a huge platter of spicy, saucy squid ( lula com molho , £10.50).