English Explanatory Dictionary

boldfaced

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
Important, prominent.
Eggcorn of bald-faced; impudent, brazen.

verb

simple past and past participle of boldface

Word forms

boldfaced more boldfaced most boldfaced bold-faced

Etymology

From bold + faced.

Synonyms

bold boldface heavy barefaced

Derived words

non-boldfaced nonboldfaced

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