boldfaced

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
21
Letters
9

Definition of boldfaced

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
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adj

  1. Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
  2. (broadly)Important, prominent.
    “boldface(d) names”
  3. (figuratively)Eggcorn of bald-faced; impudent, brazen.
    “He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise.”
    “During a visit to Britain, the US president contradicted Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli prime minister claimed it was a “bold-faced lie” to say Israel was causing hunger in Gaza.”

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of boldface
    “He boldfaced the quote so it would stand out even though I told him it looked ugly.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From bold + faced.

Words you can make from boldfaced

186 playable · top: BOLDFACE (16 pts)

Best play boldface 16 points

7-letter words

2 words

6-letter words

15 words

5-letter words

28 words

4-letter words

67 words

3-letter words

53 words

2-letter words

20 words

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