Antonyms for boldnessbold·ness

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1. boldness

   Assurance may have the good sense of a high, sustained confidence and trust; as, the saint's assurance of heaven. Confidence is founded upon reasons; assurance is largely a matter of feeling. In the bad sense, assurance is a vicious courage, with belief of one's ability to outwit or defy others; the hardened criminal is remarkable for habitual assurance. For the calm conviction of one's own rectitude and ability, self-confidence is a better word than assurance; self-reliance expresses confidence in one's own resources, independently of others' aid. In the bad sense assurance is less gross than impudence, which is (according to its etymology) a shameless boldness. Assurance is in act or manner; impudence may be in speech. Effrontery is impudence defiantly displayed. Compare FAITH; PRIDE.

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, confusion, consternation, dismay, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, timidity

   Synonyms:
   arrogance, assertion, assumption, assurance, confidence, effrontery, impudence, presumption, self-assertion, self-confidence, self-reliance, trust

Matched Categories

1. • Aggressiveness
   • Conspicuousness

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boldness, daring, hardiness, hardihoodnoun

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

   "the proposal required great boldness"; "the plan required great hardiness of heart"

   Antonyms:
   timorousness, timidity

   Synonyms:
   hardihood, hardiness, strikingness, face, cheek, dare, nerve, brass, daring, robustness, validity, lustiness

2. boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheeknoun

   impudent aggressiveness

   "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

   Antonyms:
   timorousness, timidity

   Synonyms:
   font, look, case, hardiness, nervus, aspect, administration, cheek, strikingness, fount, buttock, impudence, governing body, hardihood, nerve, plaque, daring, facial expression, brass section, brass, side, organization, grimace, heart, memorial tablet, spunk, face, organisation, mettle, expression, governance, brass instrument, human face, establishment, typeface, impertinence

3. boldness, strikingnessnoun

   the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly

   Antonyms:
   timorousness, timidity

   Synonyms:
   hardihood, saliency, hardiness, strikingness, face, cheek, salience, nerve, brass, daring

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1. boldnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   temerity, impudence, presumption, effrontery, impertinence, nerve

How to use boldness in a sentence?

1. Mark Jenkins:

   Maps encourage boldness. They're like cryptic love letters. They make anything seem possible.

2. Thomas Jefferson:

   Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

3. Im Sang-soo:

   Class problems are severe everywhere in the world, but it seems South Korean directors and writers tackle the issue with more boldness.

4. Rahm Emanuel:

   I do think that both leaders showed a braveness and a boldness to look to the 21st century and make the most of that rather than being tied by 20th century, to me the test of leadership is to be idealistic enough to know why you’re doing what you’re doing. And then tough enough to get it done.

5. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

   Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

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