Synonyms of emboldened

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adjective

as in adventurous

inclined or willing to take risks

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adventurous
• daring
• bold
• courageous
• brave
• fearless
• audacious
• venturous
• hardy
• nerved
• enterprising
• gutsy
• adventuresome
• reckless
• venturesome
• impulsive
• foolish
• dashing
• heroic
• nervy
• heroical
• valiant
• free-swinging
• gallant
• undaunted
• unafraid
• impetuous
• foolhardy
• intrepid
• overconfident
• imprudent
• stupid
• incautious
• spirited
• thoughtless
• dauntless
• rash
• heedless
• hotheaded
• mad
• plucky
• daredevil
• spunky
• silly
• dumb
• wild
• brash
• valorous
• hasty
• madcap
• stalwart
• stouthearted
• absurd
• unnecessary
• lunatic
• irrational
• lionhearted
• precipitate
• idiotic
• unreasonable
• insane
• nutty
• witless
• headlong
• gritty
• stout
• asinine
• scatterbrained
• crazy
• overbold
• swashbuckling
• harebrained
• whacky
• wacky
• moronic
• greathearted
• idiotical
• brainless
• half-witted
• gadarene
• balmy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• timid
• careful
• cautious
• pusillanimous
• wary
• coward
• timorous
• craven
• cowardly
• shy
• unadventurous
• afraid
• prudent
• frightened
• unenterprising
• milky
• startled
• fearful
• terrified
• alarmed
• heedful
• spooked
• scared
• shocked
• overcautious
• horrified
• unnerved
• chickenhearted
• lily-livered
• reasonable
• affrighted
• wise
• poltroon
• milk-livered
• upset
• sound
• worried
• calm
• sensible
• rational
• dismayed
• concerned
• overcareful
• sane
• terrorized
• cool
• appalled
• sage
• fainthearted
• levelheaded

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• timid
• careful
• cautious
• pusillanimous
• wary
• coward
• timorous
• craven
• cowardly
• shy
• unadventurous
• afraid
• prudent
• frightened
• unenterprising
• milky
• startled
• fearful
• terrified
• alarmed
• heedful
• spooked
• scared
• shocked
• overcautious
• horrified
• unnerved
• chickenhearted
• lily-livered
• reasonable
• affrighted
• wise
• poltroon
• milk-livered
• upset
• sound
• worried
• calm
• sensible
• rational
• dismayed
• concerned
• overcareful
• sane
• terrorized
• cool
• appalled
• sage
• fainthearted
• levelheaded

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emboldened

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verb

past tense of embolden

as in inspired

to fill with courage or strength of purpose

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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