embolden Definition
em·bolden (em bōl′dən, im-)
embolden Synonyms
embolden Usage Examples
Object
- text: Show all of your working and take extra note of emboldened text.
- word: Note 1: the emboldened words are the sub category names for reporting the data.
- heading: Emboldened headings, most of which are slogans in themselves, help to break up the text into easily digestible " chunks.
- figure: The emboldened figures are the percentages, for each house size, of the total number of households assessed.
- campaigner: However, France's long debate is sure to embolden campaigners, as it makes the once unthinkable suddenly seem very practical.
Subject
success: Emboldened by this success, I backed him eight months later in the Murphy's Gold Cup Handicap Chase.
Infinitive complement
- ask: We are emboldened to ask: " What was uppermost in Jesus ' mind?
- take: These forces, American hard-liners believe, would then be emboldened to take on their conservative adversaries in a decisive battle.
- make: That's why we feel emboldened to make a film about her, because we think she's great.
Modifying Another Word
- only: A hands off policy by the U.S. will only embolden Hussein later.
- now: Now emboldened to speak her mind, she rattled off a series of complaints.
- newly: Will the newly emboldened Labor MPs: : pursue this?
- so: He was now more sure than ever of his ground, and so emboldened to proceed in his task.
- thus: Thus emboldened, Jim was easily persuaded that we should write a second paper.
Preposition: by
success: Emboldened by this success, I backed him eight months later in the Murphy's Gold Cup Handicap Chase.
Browse dictionary entries near embolden
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- ‹ emblematize
- ‹ emblematic
- ‹ emblem
- ‹ emblazonry
- ‹ emblazon
- ‹ emblaze
- ‹ embittered
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