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Meanings of boldness in English

Portuguese
ousadia
Catalan
gosadia
Spanish
osadía

The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger.

      ousadia
      Portuguese
      ousadia
      Catalan
      barra
      Spanish
      cara

      Impudent aggressiveness.

            ousadia
            Russian
            смелость
            Portuguese
            audácia
            Spanish
            osadía

            Opposite of fear.

                  Related terms
                  смелость

                  The quality of standing out strongly and distinctly.

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                        Examples for "strikingness"
                        Examples for "strikingness"
                        1
                        How striking, from its artful suppression of strikingness, is the first following, and what a wide, easy sweep of well-bred satire it contains!-
                        Classic French Course in English
                        Usage of boldness in English
                        1
                        Imagination, boldness, and good, old-fashioned hard work keep the good routes coming.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        2
                        Great boldness in facing danger; great prudence in the midst of it.
                        An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
                        3
                        Perhaps others will learn from the boldness and energy of their approach.
                        The Guardian
                        4
                        The characteristics of the Sabaean are great squareness aud boldness in outline.
                        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
                        5
                        Sometimes his success would lie in the very boldness of the attempt.
                        Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
                        6
                        But reason, under pressure, usually produces prudence when boldness is called for.
                        Wastelands
                        7
                        Be not afraid; pray with boldness, pray with love in thine heart.
                        In the Days of Chivalry: A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince
                        8
                        But there swept through his mind an idea fascinating in its boldness.
                        Bob Chester's Grit; Or, From Ranch to Riches
                        9
                        That boldness has kept your part of the world from speaking German.
                        The Irish Times
                        10
                        The hope he had nourished was not unreasonable; his boldness justified itself.
                        Born in Exile
                        11
                        The true mode of success in a business like yours is boldness.
                        Cord and Creese
                        12
                        With boldness he carries the war into the camp of his enemies:
                        Painted Windows / Studies in Religious Personality
                        13
                        His activities widened greatly, and gave evidence of remarkable boldness and originality.
                        The Guardian
                        14
                        Now a plan, astonishing in its boldness, formed itself in his mind.
                        The Star of Gettysburg: A Story of Southern High Tide
                        15
                        All the same, he found this new boldness in Una rather disconcerting.
                        Hidden Warrior
                        16
                        His opponents would call it unparalleled recklessness; his supporters, boldness and enterprise.
                        The Reminiscences of an Astronomer
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                        Translations for boldness
                        Portuguese
                        ousadiaaudácia
                        Boldness through the time
                        Boldness across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Less common