as in confronted
to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage
a man of integrity who was never afraid to beard the lion in his den
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Recent Examples of bearded
Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Kim and her children have posted photos of their pet lizards over the years, including a bearded dragon named Speed.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
The other, a raggedy, bearded civilian from his country’s military reserve, is less enthused, and often strips off his service greens and his Ottoman-style fez to smoke cigarettes and lounge in the sun.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
Malgorzata is meeting him for the first time, and her X-chromosome vibrations easily win the day with the old bearded geezer.
—David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
He got pulled over for speeding in northwestern Ohio, but the deputy let the white-bearded driver off with a warning and sent him on his merry way.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Kim and her children have posted photos of their pet lizards over the years, including a bearded dragon named Speed.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
The other, a raggedy, bearded civilian from his country’s military reserve, is less enthused, and often strips off his service greens and his Ottoman-style fez to smoke cigarettes and lounge in the sun.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
Malgorzata is meeting him for the first time, and her X-chromosome vibrations easily win the day with the old bearded geezer.
—David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearded
Adjective
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The Nintendo brand is king, and those mustachioed siblings are its most beloved ambassadors.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
5 Jan. 2026
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It was greeted by the sound of loud, sarcastic cheering by the old London Road end and by Malcolm Shotton, Oxford’s moustachioed coach, who could have used the Pringles logo as a passport photo, throwing his jacket into the crowd in sarcastic celebration.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Omar is the second House Democrat to be physically confronted in recent days.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Whenever Karla would be confronted with the horrifying truth of her father’s abuse, the film dipped into ethereal, almost surrealist flashback sequences of the young girl in nature.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Among the big names were Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, both of whom appeared to visit Epstein’s island before the financier faced federal charges in 2019.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Jan. 2026
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Under his plea agreement, Pagan faced a potential prison term of 10 to 16 months according to federal sentencing guidelines.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Cowley conceived of the American tradition, dating back to the eighteenth century, as analogous to, say, that of the French: a comprehensible sequence of geographic and aesthetic developments, not the mere littering of hirsute eccentrics that it was typically taken to be.—
Vince Passaro,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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By documenting lushly hirsute Japanese officials alongside their beardless counterparts, portraiture preserved a photographic record of colonial subjects’ visibly inferior status.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, Sean Suen focused on shaggy tresses.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Spot shaggy giants grazing in the heart of the city.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The videos showed Chicago kissing and hugging a sable-furred puppy in the family's living room while Psalm shuffled around on his hands and knees trying to chase one of the dark-haired dogs around the room.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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Her current companions are a pair of dark-furred rescues named Bear and Pharrah.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sweaty skin, particularly sweaty, hairy skin.—
Dawnie Jefferson,
Refinery29,
29 Jan. 2026
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The agency is now looking into the mechanical issue that caused the hairy landing.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Bearded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearded. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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