Reverse Dictionary: BOLD

ADJECTIVES
..897 ► KEEN bold, brave, valiant, daring → obs.
1000 ► DEAR → DERE bold, brave, strenuous, hardy → obs.
1000 ► DOUGHTY bold, brave, fearless and resolute; stout-hearted → arch. or jocular usage
1000 ► ORPED bold, brave, valiant, stout, strenuous → obs.
1175 ► DERF bold, daring, courageous, brave, hardy → obs.
1205 ► KEENLY bold, courageous → obs.
1205 ► YEPE bold, daring, alert, active, nimble, brisk → obs.
1225 ► STALWORTH bold, brave, daring, courageous, valiant, mighty → obs. exc. arch.
1297 ► KEEN bold, proud, forward, insolent, heinous → obs.
1300 ► CANT bold, brisk, courageous, hearty, lusty, lively, merry, hale → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1380 ► HEARTY bold, courageous → obs.
1400 ► AWELESS bold, fearless, courageous 
1400 ► CROUSE bold, audacious, daring, hardy, forward, cocky, full of defiant confidence → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1400 ► DERF bold, audacious, daringly wicked → obs.
1400 ► TALL bold, brave, valiant; stout or strong in combat → obs.
1420 ► MALAPERT bold or forward from lack of proper respect or modesty → obs. exc. arch.
1450 ► HAUTAIN bold, courageous; of exalted courage → obs.
1450 ► PRETTY bold, gallant, brave; polite, respectable; worthy, admirable, splendid
1532 ► TEMERARIOUS bold, rash, careless; unreasonably adventurous → literary usage
1550 ► SPRIGHTFUL full of energy or animation; active, vigorous; lively, energetic; also, assertive, determined, bold
1566 ► FACING bold, audacious → obs.
1567 ► HEARTSOME bold, courageous, spirited → obs.
1578 ► BASHLESS bold, unabashed, shameless, unblushing → obs.
1603 ► AUDACULOUS a little bold or daring  → obs.
1620 ► ANIMOUS  bold, spirited, courageous → obs.
1640 ► VENTORIOUS bold, daring, adventurous; characterized by venturesomeness → obs.
1713 ► RAMP bold, wild, wanton, unrestrained, rompish; full of rude health and spirits → Sc.
1750 ► BOBBERSOME bold, in high spirits, forward, venturesome; impatient → Eng. dial.
1788 ► BARDIE → BARDY bold, fierce, turbulent → Sc.
1789 ► BOLD AS BRASS very bold or impudent; brazen-faced 
1789 ► GALLOWS bold, brave, tough, daring, ostentatious, nonchalant → UK
1790 ► DAIROUS → DAROUS  bold, daring → Eng. dial. obs.
1790 ► RUMGUMPTIOUS bold, rash, forward; violent and obstinate in opinion → Eng. dial.
E19.. ► ASPERANT bold, proud, haughty 
1801 ► PAUKY → PAWKY bold, proud, conceited, impudent, precocious, forward, inquisitive; esp. used of children → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1808 ► MAKINT bold, confident, assured, brazen → Sc.
1816 ► BRASS-VISAGED bold; impudent; shameless; brazen-faced 
1825 ► FACIE → FACY bold, ready to face danger → Sc.
1833 ► SASSY bold, impudent, cheeky; lively; stylish → colloq., orig. & chiefly US
1838 ► RAMSTOUGAR bold, masculine; said of a woman → Sc.
1845 ► FRESH bold, forward; amorously over-free or cheeky; pert; impudent → sl., orig. US
1847 ► OWDACIOUS bold, impudent, shameless, audacious, incorrigible → 1847 Eng. & Amer. dial.
1853 ► CHUNKED bold, impudent → Amer. dial. obs.
1864 ► BOBBER bold, venturesome; in high spirits, saucy, pert → Eng. dial.
1864 ► DOUGHTY-HEARTED bold, brave, courageous 
1882 ► CAMPIE → CAMPY bold, brave, heroic → Sc.
1885 ► OUTDACIOUS bold, impudent, shameless, audacious, incorrigible → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1891 ► OUDACIOUS bold, audacious → Amer. dial.
1898 ► AUNTERSOME bold, venturesome, high-spirited → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► AUNTY bold, venturesome, high-spirited → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BEAZEN bold → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► RAMGUMPTIOUS bold, shrewd, rash → sl.
1900 ► RUDAS bold, masculine 
1905 ► TAUNTRIL bold, impudent → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1911 ► BEND bold → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BRAISANT bold, brazened; impudent, hardened, shameless → Sc. (Bk.)
1928 ► FACETY cheeky, impudent, rude, arrogant; excessively bold or feisty → W. Indies & Black British sl. 
1929 ► FACEY cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent; bold  
1929 ► OBERFU bold, forward → Sc.
1930 ► MANNISH bold, forward; said of both sexes and of children → Amer. dial., esp. African-American
1970 ► FUNKY-ASS bold, lively; sassy → US sl.

ADVERBS
1000 ► EYELESSLY boldly and presumptuously; without fear or reverence → obs.
1000 ► KEENLY boldly, fiercely → obs.
1225 ► HARDLY boldly, daringly, hardily → obs.
1352 ► CANTLY boldly, briskly, eagerly, energetically, cheerily → Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
1375 ► UNABASEDLY boldly, dauntlessly → Sc. obs.
1400 ► LARGE  boldly, freely, unrestrainedly → obs.
1513 ► HAUTAINLY boldly, courageously → obs.
1566 ► CRANKLY lustily, briskly, boldly
1579 ► CRANK boldly, briskly, lustily → obs.
1787 ► CROUSELY boldly, confidently, briskly, pertly → Sc.
1788 ► DAUNTINGLY boldly, bravely; defiantly → Sc. obs.
1809 ► DERFLY boldly, fiercely, vigorously → Sc.
1857 ► LIKE A HATTER boldly, vigorously → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1884 ► BODIACIOUSLY boldly, unceremoniously → Amer. dial.
1896 ► BODACIOUSLY boldly, unceremoniously → Amer. dial.

NOUNS
1175 ► DOUGHTINESS boldness, valour, might, strength 
1205 ► KEENSHIP boldness, fierceness → obs.
1340 ► HARDIESSE boldness, hardihood 
1374 ► HARDIMENT boldness, courage, daring, hardihood → arch.
1375 ► HARDIMENT a bold exploit; a deed of daring → obs.
1460 ► AFFIANCE boldness, assurance; confidence in oneself, one’s abilities, etc. → obs.
1537 ► FACE insolent boldness; great confidence; effrontery, nerve → colloq.
1579 ► HARDIHEAD boldness, hardiness; audacity → arch.
1595 ► DARE boldness, daring → obs.
L18.. ► IRISH-ASSURANCE  bold forward behaviour; shamelessness → sl.
1874 ► DAREDNESS boldness, audacity → Eng. dial.
1893 ► INSURANCE great boldness, assurance, impudence → Amer. dial.
1898 ► AFFORCE boldness, force → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1958 ► ARSE boldness, gall, gumption. impudence; hence, luck as a result of this → Aust. sl.
1966 ► BRASH boldness, audacity, forwardness → Amer. dial.
1966 ► ENERGY boldness, assertiveness, forwardness; bravery → Amer. dial.
1968 ► BILLY GOAT boldness, effrontery, nerve, pushiness → Amer. dial.
1970 ► OATS boldness, assertiveness → Amer. dial.

NOUNS, PERSON
1000 ► QUEAN a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade; a hussy
1400 ► DOUGHTY a bold, brave, resolute person 
1450 ► RAMP a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute → obs.
1515 ► FACER a person who puts on a bold face; one who boasts or swaggers; a braggart; a bully → obs.
1579 ► TOMBOY a bold or immodest woman → obs.
1671 ► RAMPANT a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; an impudent female → obs.
1720 ► GILKIE a bold, lively, mischievous, saucy, or forward girl ; a tomboy → Sc. & Irish English rare, sometimes derogatory
1720 ► GILPEY → GILPIE → GILPY a bold, lively, mischievous, saucy, or forward girl ; a tomboy → Sc. & Irish English rare, sometimes derogatory
1720 ► QUINE a bold, impudent, shameless, or malevolent woman; a hussy; a slut → Sc.
1786 ► LIMMER a bold, impudent girl or woman; a wild, undisciplined girl; a jade; a hussy → Sc.
1822 ► KEMPIE → KEMPY a bold or pugnacious person; an energetic, lively child → Sc.
1825 ► BARD a bold, noisy woman; a scolding woman → Sc.
1825 ► RANNIGAL → RANNYGILL a bold, impudent, unruly person → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1868 ► HARDY a bold or saucy young scamp (Bk.)
1873 ► GLOWBASON a bold, impudent person → Eng. dial.
1905 ► HARDEN-FACE a bold, brazen-faced person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1957 ► BIG SWINGING DICK → SWINGING DICK a man; a successful, arrogant, ambitious, or aggressively bold man → sl.

PHRASES
1700 ► YOUR SAUCE-PAN RUNS OVER you are exceeding bold 

​VERBS
1225 ► HARDY to make bold or hardy; to encourage → obs.
1297 ► HARDISS to make bold or hardy, to embolden → obs.
1525 ► CRACK CROUSE to talk boldly or over-confidently → Sc.
1542 ► BRAG IT OUT WITH A CARD OF TEN to put on a bold front, to brag → obs.
1542 ► FACE IT OUT WITH A CARD OF TEN to put on a bold front, to brag → obs.
L17.. ► BE IN ARMOUR  to be pot-valiant (bold or courageous under the influence of alcohol) → sl.
1725 ► GAB to speak boldly or impertinently; to assail or answer with impertinent language; to jeer at → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1758 ► PUSH A FACE to exhibit a bold front → obs.
1823 ► HARDY to become bold → obs.
1827 ► SHOW A FACE to exhibit a bold front → obs.
1889 ► PIPE UP to start speaking boldly → sl.
1899 ► IMPER to be bold or impudent → Sc.
20C.. ► HAVE BRASS BALLS to be over-bold or foolhardy → Amer.
20C.. ► HAVE CAST-IRON BALLS to be over-bold or foolhardy → Amer.
1966 ► HAVE BRASS ON ONE’S FACE to be bold, forward, or over-confident → Amer. dial.
1970 ► BOGART to act in a bold, aggressive way; to tease or bully; to take advantage of → Amer. dial.