Adjective
Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
Important, prominent.
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boldface(d) names
Eggcorn of bald-faced; impudent, brazen.
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He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise.
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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.