emboldened
- adjective
- /ɪmˈboʊldənd/
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animado
- His successful presentation emboldened him to take on more challenging projects at work.
This is how toxic people get so emboldened in families.
- This is how toxic people get so emboldened in families.
- And the Middle East wasn't on fire under Donald Trump and we didn't have an emboldened Putin under Trump.
- And it seemed like because the police are quick to act, they're not emboldened to see how much they can push.
- I think that's why Putin feels so emboldened and why China feels emboldened is because we're so weak and divided.
- Didn't do it directly, but I think we all saw that his deputies who were forming gangs, you know, felt emboldened and entitled to go around.
- How do you go from having the life that you had and, and not being trepidatious, but being emboldened?
- It was just kings who were emboldened by the fact that they had a printing press playing with the lives of the people.
- You then the hyenas become emboldened and then you die a different way.
Examples
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I think that's why Putin feels so emboldened and why China feels emboldened is because we're so weak and divided.
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After receiving positive feedback from her boss, she felt emboldened to share her ideas more freely in meetings.
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And a newly emboldened, confident America is good for the world.
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Then they're emboldened to be loud and proud about it.
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You know, his pride has emboldened RedState politicians where we live.
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Has Putin felt emboldened and more arrogant?
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And so it is distressing to me that grown folks, that grown people feel so emboldened and entitled to comment on people who are just trying to figure it out.
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The Punic colony led by the rising Margonids refused, perhaps feeling emboldened by its growing strength.
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Gallus's punitive campaign had been a complete catastrophe and emboldened the rebels to the West.
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The support from her friends emboldened her to pursue her dream of becoming an artist.
Synonyms
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8.1
Feeling more confident and encouraged after something good happens
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4.7
Suddenly made excited and ready to take action
Antonyms
How Confident
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word emboldened comes from the small prefix em- meaning 'make' and the everyday word bold meaning 'brave' or 'confident'. So it really means 'made bold', which is why someone who is emboldened feels more confident to act.