liberated
- adjective
- /ˈlɪbəˌreɪtɪd/
- After shedding the expectations of others, she felt truly liberated to express her creativity.
It's a little bit liberating to not be afraid.
- It's a little bit liberating to not be afraid.
- We were liberated to say what needed to be said.
- That is so liberating to realize, right?
- I was moving through my absolute worst fear, which is also oddly liberating after the fact.
- The fact that the whole thing ends, it's liberating.
- It's a more joyous, liberated way to live.
- When you know the truth, it's liberating.
- And it's ridiculous because it's very liberating to hear that other people have gone through the same.
- And I took for granted that that is incredible and liberating.
- And it is such a liberating feeling.
Examples
-
It's a more joyous, liberated way to live.
-
And when you do that, you're liberated from the concerns that you expressed.
-
It's a little bit liberating to not be afraid.
-
And I, I found it very liberating to see him saying that.
-
That free fall was the most liberating experience of my life.
-
There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.
-
It's been totally liberating and also very scary.
-
And for me, the most liberating thing was the bicycle.
-
And it's, it's really been liberating to talk more freely about it.
-
I was moving through my absolute worst fear, which is also oddly liberating after the fact.
Synonyms
Free to do what you want without rules stopping you
Free from chains or things that hold someone back
Free from old social rules and acting independently
Antonyms
How Restrained
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Liberated comes from the Latin root liber meaning 'free', the same root as liberty and liberal. So a 'liberated' person is someone 'free' from old social rules or limits, which is why the word means living or thinking without those restraints.