ensouled

verb

past tense of ensoul
as in ennobled

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ensouled
  1. ennobled
  2. uplifted
  3. enriched
  4. lifted
  5. enlightened
  6. illumined
  7. educated
  8. elevated
Verb
  • The entire production is ennobled by his gift for listening actively to scene partners rather than waiting for his turn to speak.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • At number 38, the extraordinary Hôtel Maurel de Pontèves—built by one Pierre Maurel, a cloth trader who was ennobled and became provincial treasurer, is worth a closer look.
    — Kate Maxwell, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2022
Definition of ennobled
Verb
  • And Ghulam Ali felt uplifted; perhaps a celestial trip wasn’t that far beyond his own reach.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
  • This year’s changes uplifted Kittle and others.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Definition of uplifted
Verb
  • The wide-open scam enriched Haitian freeloaders as Bonheur personally netted a million bucks in just two years after Joe Biden rang the dinner bell for every grifter in the Third World.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026
  • Governments will always play their role, but the quiet work of building personal and institutional bridges ensures those relationships endure, enriched by the full sweep of history rather than the noise of the moment.
    — Stewart McLaurin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of enriched
Verb
  • That performance has lifted its stock on the Indian bourses fivefold since 2021 and 25% over the past year.
    — Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • Since the incident began, the size of the frozen zone in which crews work to stabilize the building has gradually been reduced, roads have reopened and many of the vacate orders have been lifted.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Definition of lifted
Verb
  • So, please, consider this column a mere public service announcement for those of you living in or are soon to visit the less-than-enlightened corners of the country where that’s not the case.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • Ambiguity clouds the conversation and risks leaving your protégé more confused than enlightened.
    — Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Definition of enlightened
Verb
  • Fantastic, illumined by periodic excursions into surrealism, as when the crew of a mysterious UFO boards a transpacific Kahuna Airlines jet midflight.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of illumined
Verb
  • Its young people are increasingly educated and ambitious but many are frustrated over fierce competition for limited jobs.
    — Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • Recognizing her extraordinary intellect, the Wheatley family educated her, and by age 20 her poetry had earned publication in London.
    — Robin Follman, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
Definition of educated
Verb
  • The space is a balance between tropical escape and late-night lounge, with moody lighting, sexy design elements and music that keeps the energy elevated throughout the evening.
    — Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
  • The president has elevated MAGA-friendly election deniers into the federal government, sicced the Justice Department on his political enemies, and drafted multiple agencies into his relentless hunt to substantiate his broad claims of voter fraud.
    — Toluse Olorunnipa, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
Definition of elevated
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

ensoul
ensouled
ensouling
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Ensouled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensouled. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

The Words of the Week - Jul 10
See More

Popular

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
banana-mirrored
Contradictory Words Quiz Pick out which word means one thing…and the opp...
See All