as in adventurous
inclined or willing to take risks
not too surprisingly, rock climbing tends to attract the more emboldened seekers of outdoor adventure
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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
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Recent Examples of emboldened
Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
With The Studio and Severance leading the nomination pack in comedy and drama, voters will be all the more emboldened to cast their winning votes for those shows and their respective performers.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 July 2025
Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
He was emboldened by the Netflix doc to make another Herschel Walker trade and got fleeced!
—Jon MacHota, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
But social media has only emboldened fans, many of whom feel entitled to get selfies even when stars are off the clock, or to dissect a celebrity's appearance in the comments of a post.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
With The Studio and Severance leading the nomination pack in comedy and drama, voters will be all the more emboldened to cast their winning votes for those shows and their respective performers.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 July 2025
Verb
The experience appears to have only emboldened the president.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
He was emboldened by the Netflix doc to make another Herschel Walker trade and got fleeced!
—Jon MacHota, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emboldened
Adjective
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Her adventurous spirit never dimmed.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Miguel kick-started his career with his adventurous 2012 debut, Kaleidoscope Dream, an LP that mixed rock, soul, and psychedelia into a freewheeling sound he’s been nuancing ever since, often in music that’s taken on a moodier, more anxious tone.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Keep scrolling to shop more green pants, red pants, and burgundy pants inspired by celebrities below.—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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During the dinner, held in the sprawling showroom and, inspired by autumn, decked out with long tables filled with small pine trees that will be replanted, backstage videos of the two legendary actors were projected on a screen.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Naomi Watts also went sheer in a daring look from Valentino’s spring 2025 couture collection, which featured a voluminous skirt with a lacy top.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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The thieves who brazenly robbed the Louvre Museum in Paris and stole priceless jewelry in one of the most daring museum heists in recent memory may have been hired by a private collector, officials said.—
Bonny Chu , Ronn Blitzer,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Over the course of a conversation that spanned more than a million words and 300 hours, the bot encouraged Brooks to adopt grandiose beliefs, validated his delusions, and led him to believe the technological infrastructure that underpins the world was in imminent danger.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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These men, too, were encouraged to get married—and stay married.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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One large piece can anchor a space and make a bold statement.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Oct. 2025
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That is, needless to say, a bold claim about a phenomenon that is famously hard to predict.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In her latest book, Strong Ground, Brown makes a compelling case that we’re not wired for this level of uncertainty, and risk losing focus on the core values of courageous and sustainable leadership.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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This was a fearless and courageous person.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For me, it’s been really essential to read a lot of great information, and to come at the world filled with knowledge and all these ideas of, in my view, much smarter and braver people than myself.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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For those brave scientists who study snakes–aka herpetologists–the mechanics behind the reptiles’ fast fangs are more fascinating than fear-inducing.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Lynne Ramsay‘s filmmaking approach involves quick thinking and fearless actors willing to trust her instincts — even when that means crawling through grass like animals with just 10 minutes’ notice.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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The end result of their work is a rallying cry for filmmakers pushing against calcified thinking and conventional wisdom — and unsurprisingly, Pellington says that working on the documentary put him back in touch with the fearless twentysomething maverick inside of him.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Emboldened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emboldened. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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