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| achievement |
something successfully carried through, esp. through bold or brave action or thought. [1/2 definitions] |
| art deco |
(sometimes cap.) a decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s that featured geometric shapes and bold colors and that was applied to furniture, glass and plastic ware, graphic productions, architecture, and the like. |
| audacious |
very bold or adventurous; daring. [1/2 definitions] |
| audacity |
bold or shameless impudence; brashness; insolence; effrontery. [1/3 definitions] |
| bald-faced |
bold; brazen; shameless. |
| baroque |
(often cap.) of or pertaining to the style or period in art, music, and architecture prevailing in Europe following the Renaissance, from about 1550 to about 1750, characterized by bold expression of emotion and elaborate forms of ornamentation. [1/5 definitions] |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. [1/2 definitions] |
| brassy1 |
brazenly bold; impudent; insolent. [1/4 definitions] |
| brazen |
shameless; bold. [2/3 definitions] |
| come back |
to respond, especially in a bold and straightforward way. [1/5 definitions] |
| cut the Gordian knot |
to solve a difficult problem in a rapid, bold manner. |
| daredevil |
recklessly daring or bold. [1/2 definitions] |
| daring |
willing to take risks; adventurously bold. [1/4 definitions] |
| dash |
a quality of liveliness, spiritedness, or bold stylishness. [1/12 definitions] |
| dashing |
bold and gallant; exciting; daring. [1/2 definitions] |
| defiant |
characterized by a bold disregard or contempt for authority or opposition; refusing to obey. |
| embolden |
to make bold; encourage. |
| emphatic |
clearly delineated; bold in outline. [1/3 definitions] |
| enterprising |
bold, energetic, and full of initiative. |
| fauvism |
(sometimes cap.) in early twentieth-century painting, an expressionistic development, esp. French, involving the juxtaposition of different bold colors and sometimes the distortion of form. |
| foolhardy |
unreasonably bold or daring; rash. |
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