Adjective : He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise. From Dictionary.com.
And I just love the tired trick of quoting someone else’s title in boldfaced capital letters and then backing feigning detachment. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Nazi Scandal Engulfs Human Rights Watch”] Reference
Matt, I think this kind of boldfaced deceit and corruption is a post-modern phenomenom. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » “Merchants of Misery” and the “Do-Less-Than-Nothing” Congress] Reference
What if, though, her statement was a boldfaced lie?. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
Gillian began with one of her calculated, boldfaced lies. From Wordnik.com. [When the Wind Blows]
Oversized, capitalized, and boldfaced letters for emphasis. From Wordnik.com. [Stinky] Reference
Why is it that half-truths always hurt more than boldfaced lies?. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
It shows a billfold below four boldfaced words: sit on it please!. From Wordnik.com. [Business, Law, Economics & Society] Reference
The boldfaced portion is what you omitted to mislead and distort. From Wordnik.com. [The teddy bear teacher is sentenced to 15 days in prison.] Reference
"Will You Marry Me?" read the boldfaced headline over a shirtless Jeff. From Wordnik.com. [Snooki Responds To Her Boyfriend's Proposal] Reference
NO DOUBT that any claims to serving even ONE TOUR in Vietnam is a boldfaced lie. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Allan Fraser] Reference
Shopping items are boldfaced; to view the entire recipe, just click on the title. From Wordnik.com. [Shop for this week's Dinner in Minutes] Reference
I guess I'm just not one of the boldfaced names you are accustomed to writing about. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 5, 2006] Reference
Not only nonsense but boldfaced lie by ALONE on Monday, Apr 28, 2008 at 11: 44: 40 AM. From Wordnik.com. [Why Clinton is SO far behind in the Pledge Delegate Count] Reference
We've boldfaced those that you might want to consider bookmarking for regular visits. From Wordnik.com. [Links] Reference
Mr. McManus runs through some of the boldfaced names of vice presidential contenders. From Wordnik.com. [The Early Word: Democrats Look South - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
In fact, he said what General Sorensen (ph) says was, in his words, "a boldfaced lie.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2006] Reference
I realize that the administration may not be full of boldfaced liars, as I had believed. From Wordnik.com. [Cheney's Cheney Under Indictment] Reference
Your argument that Impeachment distracts from the agenda is false … and a boldfaced lie. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Struggles to Fill Posts as Term Winds Down - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Well, no matter that the Iranian president is given -- case in point -- to boldfaced lies. From Wordnik.com. [Bernard-Henri Lévy: Sakineh: Ahmadinejad Retreats] Reference
It's not the complete idiocy of it that I mind, it's the boldfaced niggardliness of it all. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
I get to point it out and when it is so boldfaced obvious as this, it needs to be pointed out. From Wordnik.com. [The Obama Infomercial: How To Spend Their War Chest Before The Election Is Over] Reference
But what's worse is the level of continued boldfaced, outright deception from Liddy and his like. From Wordnik.com. [Leo W. Gerard: Creep of the Week: AIG Bonus Grantor Edward M. Liddy] Reference
As for the boldfaced argument, is it actually a “lawless act” to decline to prosecute someone?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » May Congress Order the Justice Department To Prosecute People Who the Justice Department Firmly Believes are Innocent?] Reference
I didn't actually include a link to the male strip show; I just boldfaced it so it would stand out. From Wordnik.com. [Hen's party spread] Reference
I don't think the boldfaced text is saying anything different from, still less incompatible with, what I've been saying. From Wordnik.com. [The filioque V: replies to objections] Reference
In gossip columns, Hilton became a boldfaced name, synonymous with hard partying, jet-setting and conspicuous canoodling. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2003] Reference
That's why we're taking a few minutes to celebrate some of the boldfaced names who donate their time and money to charity. From Wordnik.com. [The 14 Most Charitable Celebrities] Reference
The only relevant factor — as the boldfaced quotes I provided make clear — was whether the confession was used attrial. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Ten Rules for Dealing with Police] Reference
Bad movies and bad acting -- so much emoting, so much boldfaced and italicized indicating, so little trust in the audience. From Wordnik.com. [A Moving Stillness] Reference
Because most of these people would not have anything to do with the other if they weren't all megarich and/or a boldfaced name. From Wordnik.com. [Erica Kennedy: Stylin' and Profilin' With the Artist Formerly Known as Puff Daddy] Reference
Perhaps if we had a president and administration that wasn't just boldfaced liars it would be easier to get my brain around it. From Wordnik.com. [CIA interrogations: "tough enough"?] Reference
Still, the young man (dubbed the Turban Cowboy in Manhattan, where he lives a boldfaced party boy life) was nowhere to be found. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Morris: The Sleeping Prince and the Dream Hotel] Reference
With lies about matters of life and death rampant, a boldfaced one about a personnel change hardly amounts to a whole hill of beans. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Carlson: Bush's Party Is Now Over; Does He Know It?] Reference
Personally, I think mechanics are a valuable cog in society's wheel, except most of them are boldfaced liars, which he couldn't ever do. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
Here's some of what I've found in Donna Moore's Old Dogs I've boldfaced my favorite bits, and this is just in the first twenty-nine pages. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-04-01] Reference
(TMZ often pokes gentle fun at boldfaced names or runs photo spreads with such headlines as "Victoria's Secret Model -- Blazin 'Hot Bikini Time."). From Wordnik.com. [Dish upon a star: Mel Gibson plays a pivotal role as Radar, TMZ wage heated gossip war] Reference
Now another celebrity, boldfaced name that we can't seem to get away with, was on every anchor's lips seemingly this week, well, let's take a look. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 13, 2007] Reference
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