emboldened

adjective

em·​bold·​ened im-ˈbōl-dənd 

: made bold or bolder : instilled with boldness, courage, or resolution

"This is the way it's gonna be," Stoddard announced. He had reason to feel emboldened. So far, Tom Murphy and Dan Burke had backed his every decision.

—Ken Auletta

If the participant moves toward the creature, it avoids contact. But if the person doesn't move, the emboldened sprite edges closer and finally lands on an outstretched hand.

—Ivars Peterson

Synonyms

• adventuresome
• adventurous
• audacious
• bold
• daring
• dashing
• enterprising
• free-swinging
• gutsy
• hardy
• nerved
• nervy
• venturesome
• venturous

Examples of emboldened in a Sentence

not too surprisingly, rock climbing tends to attract the more emboldened seekers of outdoor adventure

Recent Examples on the Web

And abroad, Jews have been confronted with an emboldened and metastasizing antisemitism. —Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024

And so when a country is able to get away with so much, Israel has become emboldened to break more legal and moral boundaries, and impunity never corrects itself. —Abc News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2024

So Israel just felt emboldened to build more settlements, to grab more land. —Abc News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2024

In a letter Wednesday to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the Global Business Alliance, an international trade association based in Washington, said foreign governments might feel emboldened to take reciprocal action against U.S. companies seeking to invest abroad. —Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1569, in the meaning defined above