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boldness

Syllables: bold·ness/ˈbəʊldnəs/US/ˈboʊldnəs/

boldness noun: the state of being bold; courage.

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Noun

boldness (usually uncountable, plural boldnesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being bold; courage.
    • Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward) […]1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
  2. (usually) presumptuousness
    Synonyms:
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  3. (usually) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

boldness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

boldness in Hindi

boldness, bravery, valour
दिलेरी dilerī
boldness, fearlessness
ढिठाई ḍhiṭhāī

boldness in Tamil

துணிவு, தைரியம், கலங்கா நிலை, மனத்திடம், துணிகரம்

boldness in Urdu

آزاد روی, ہمت, جسارت, نڈر پنا, شوخی

boldness in Bengali

boldness, audacity
ডাঁট ḍãṭ
More languagesFewer languages
boldness in Malayalam
പേടിയില്ലായ്മ, ധൈര്യം
boldness in Kannada
ಅದಟು, ಕಡೆತ, ಕಡುಪು, ಸಿರಸ

Synonyms of boldness

Forms of boldness

pluralboldnesses

Origin of boldness

From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold + -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”).

Words formed from boldness

Questions about boldness

What does boldness mean?
Boldness means the state of being bold; courage.
What is boldness in Hindi?
Boldness in Hindi is दिलेरी (dilerī), ढिठाई (ḍhiṭhāī). See Boldness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is boldness?
Boldness is a noun.
How do you pronounce boldness?
Boldness is pronounced /ˈboʊldnəs/ (US).
What is the plural of boldness?
The plural of boldness is boldnesses.

Words near boldness in the dictionary

  1. boldly going where no man has gone before
  2. boldly gone where no man has gone before
  3. boldly went where no man has gone before
  4. Boldman
  5. Boldmans
  6. boldness
  7. boldnesses
  8. boldo
  9. Boldon
  10. Boldon Book
  11. Boldon Buke

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: boldness (page history and authors); ढिठाई (Hindi) (page history and authors); boldness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boldness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ডাঁট (Bengali) (page history and authors); boldness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boldness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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