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Definition of overbold :
Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent.
Synonyms:
judicious, unfermented, immaterial, heady, sweet, bright, pert, insolent, orthogonal, refreshing, impudent, unused, forward, irreverent, novel, knowing, fresh, invigorated, sassy, wise to, tonic, smart, flip, extraneous, clean, voguish, snotty-nosed, chic, saucy, new, bracing, wise, refreshed, reinvigorated, refreshful, impertinent, brisk
Usage examples:
- To- day the terrestrial Jupiter had again crushed into the earth with his thunderbolts, an overbold mortal, and this time the son of the worthy gate- keeper was his victim. - "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.
- It has no reverence for things which in themselves are not reverend, and since its point of view is not one from which all things are visible it seems occasionally overbold and crude; but the creed it expresses is manly, and clean, and wholesome, and the man who lives by it is a man to be admired. - "My Contemporaries In Fiction", David Christie Murray.
- When Dove called silence and renewed his pledge, I, overbold, said, " Master, I did it, and now wilt thou please to give me a pound- a king's pound?" - "Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker", S. Weir Mitchell.