ADJECTIVE
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improperly forward or bold
don't be fresh with me
Don't get wise with me!
an impudent boy given to insulting strangers
impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup
How To Use overbold In A Sentence
- “Then, madame, am I not overbold in offering myself to be your partner for the next quadrille?” Domestic Peace
- The Black Blade Wars lasted nine years, during which time Kharndam kept the madness from spreading outside of the Protectorates by refusing to recognize any of the self-proclaimed kings of that land and resisting any overbold attempts to conquer additional lands from their crown. The Codex Continual » Kharndam Guide: The Phendarm Protectorates
- The best labourers will be furnished by those races of mankind which are neither wholly spiritless nor yet overbold.
- I feared that if we stayed beneath your roof my girl might attract the notice of some overbold servant. Asimov's Science Fiction
- There is likewise due to the public, a civil reprehension of advocates, where there appeareth cunning counsel, gross neglect, slight information, indiscreet pressing, or an overbold defence. The Essays
- Helen, deeming him overbold, sought to 'squelch' him with a look. The Desert Valley
- And his guard, grown weary and overbold, lay down his pipe and dozed. Archive 2010-05-01
- His gaze moved over her face in a manner overbold for a mere groom. My Devilish Scotsman
- “If such be their final end,” said Achilles, “never did thine, I will freely suppose, find a richer apology for the somewhat overbold license which thou tookest in thy gaze upon the Princess this evening.” Count Robert of Paris
- ‘She managed to be pretty if not beautiful despite a nose that was overbold at best’—at best? Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time 8: The Path of Daggers (1998)