boldfaced
See also: bold-faced
English
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Adjective
boldfaced (comparative more boldfaced, superlative most boldfaced)
- Impudent, brazen.
- He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise.
- (typography) Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
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Verb
boldfaced
- simple past and past participle of boldface (to print or write in a bold manner)
- He boldfaced the quote so it would stand out even though I told him it looked ugly.