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emboldened

[ em-bohl-dnd ]

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adjective

made bold or bolder; given the courage or nerve to do something daring, challenging, or controversial:
It was unclear whether the missile fire was the work of an emboldened rebel force, the military, or some mixture of both.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of embolden ( def ).

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Word History and Origins

Origin of emboldened¹

embolden ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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The Lakers trailed by as many as 27 points, their performance at Crypto.com Arena so shameful that even one of the worst coaches in franchise history felt emboldened enough to criticize their current sideline leader.

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Other writers have assigned Holmes plenty of non-canonical family and offspring, emboldened by knowing the extent to which he is a mystery.

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The vegetal purity of this dish—emboldened by halloumi as the centerpiece—is more than enough.

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Popular discontent emboldened both the Nazis and the Communists, and increasingly, industrial and banking leaders came to see Hitler as the weapon they could wield to crush the radical left.

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The Trump administration will undoubtedly be emboldened to engage in unlawful, vindictive defunding of other universities, and now it will be politically harder for the next university to fight back.

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