Synonyms of steeled

steeled 1 of 2

adjective

as in armed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• armed
• braced
• fortified
• conditioned
• primed
• ripe
• prepared
• trained
• qualified
• ready
• go
• fit
• set

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unprepared
• unready
• underprepared
• untrained
• unqualified
• flat-footed
• half-cocked
• half-baked

steeled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of steel

1

as in inspired

to fill with courage or strength of purpose

hoped that his inspirational talk would steel the youths in the pursuit of their dreams

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inspired
• encouraged
• emboldened
• reinforced
• heartened
• inspirited
• buoyed (up)
• cheered (up)
• stimulated
• provoked
• enlivened
• invigorated
• strengthened
• reenforced
• bore up
• reassured
• enforced
• chirked (up)
• animated
• stirred
• bucked up
• assured
• galvanized
• rallied
• fortified
• energized
• excited
• quickened
• boosted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discouraged
• daunted
• disheartened
• weakened
• depressed
• undermined
• saddened
• demoralized
• dispirited
• enfeebled
• hamstrung
• debilitated
• intimidated
• psyched (out)

2

as in strengthened

to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure

years of running a farm had steeled the hard-bitten woman

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strengthened
• hardened
• inured
• toughened
• fortified
• adjusted
• indurated
• seasoned
• braced
• bolstered
• reinforced
• tempered
• adapted
• annealed
• acclimated
• invigorated
• reenforced
• enforced
• acclimatized
• buttressed
• immunized
• trained
• accustomed
• conditioned
• vitalized
• supported
• habituated
• propped (up)
• boosted
• forearmed
• broke in
• naturalized
• limbered (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• softened
• exhausted
• weakened
• sapped
• crippled
• incapacitated
• enfeebled
• sensitized
• emasculated
• enervated
• hamstrung
• debilitated

3

as in braced

to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally

he had spent the previous night steeling himself for the moment when he would demand a raise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• braced
• fortified
• strengthened
• readied
• nerved
• poised
• armed
• forearmed
• reinforced
• hardened
• bolstered
• inured
• psyched (up)
• toughened
• enforced
• comforted
• buttressed
• sustained
• roused
• emboldened
• stirred
• reenforced
• inspired
• encouraged
• seasoned
• rallied
• heartened
• propped (up)
• supported
• buoyed (up)
• boosted
• cheered (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shook
• discouraged
• daunted
• disheartened
• unnerved
• demoralized
• softened
• weakened
• undermined
• tired
• dispirited
• sapped
• undercut
• enfeebled
• debilitated
• prostrated
• psyched (out)
• enervated