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encourage, inspirit, hearten, embolden mean to fill with courage or strength of purpose. encourage suggests the raising of one's confidence especially by an external agency. the teacher's praise encouraged the students to greater efforts inspirit, somewhat literary, implies instilling life, energy, courage, or vigor into something. patriots inspirited the people to resist hearten implies the lifting of dispiritedness or despondency by an infusion of fresh courage or zeal. a hospital patient heartened by good news embolden implies the giving of courage sufficient to overcome timidity or reluctance. emboldened by her first success, she tried an even more difficult climb

Examples of embolden in a Sentence

his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder

Recent Examples on the Web This could be particularly damaging to Trump, and could perhaps embolden the Justice Department to take further action, as Barr likely has a wealth of knowledge from his time as attorney general. — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 20 May 2022 But each of Putin’s escalations that are not met by direct Western force only serves to embolden him further. — Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 13 Apr. 2022 His steely 1-under 71 during the first round Thursday only seemed to embolden him. — Will Graves, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2022 If the events of January 6, 2021, weren’t sufficient to embolden the likes of McCarthy and McConnell for more than a few days, could anything effect such a transformation? — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2022 Her stance could embolden the Kremlin by tying the bloc’s hands on any further measures against Russia, should Putin deploy even more inhumane war tactics in Ukraine. — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2022 In a statement released after the verdicts, Whitmer's office expressed concern that the outcome of the case may embolden future extremists. — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2022 Saudi Arabia and its Gulf neighbors have harbored anxieties about a potential deal, anticipating that a return to the 2015 nuclear agreement will embolden Iran to expand activities in the Middle East. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 8 Apr. 2022 Special City Flea event by women, for women, to celebrate, support and embolden women. — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2022 See More

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