embolden in English

verb

1

give (someone) the courage or confidence to do something or to behave in a certain way.

emboldened by robust passenger traffic, the airlines put through major fare increases

synonyms: fortify, make brave/braver, encourage, hearten, strengthen, brace, stiffen the resolve of, lift the morale of, rouse, stir, stimulate, cheer, rally, fire, animate, inspirit, invigorate, buck up

2

cause (a piece of text) to appear in a bold typeface.

center, embolden, and underline the heading

verb

• fortify, make brave/braver, encourage, hearten, strengthen, brace, stiffen the resolve of, lift the morale of, rouse, stir, stimulate, cheer, rally, fire, animate, inspirit, invigorate, buck up
• recreate, hearten, cheer

Use "embolden" in a sentence

1. Unfortunately, being able to pay off victims will embolden muggers.

2. It can embolden us by giving names to our fears.

3. Any hint of higher inflation will further embolden dollar bulls.

4. The careerism and money seemed only to embolden their blindness.

5. More political instability would likely embolden Islamic militants to try to expand.

6. The doctrine and the valiant examples in that book will lift, guide, and embolden you.

7. Boehner referred to Democrats as Defeatocrats, going on to accuse the minority of embolden terrorists.

8. Boehner referred to Democrats as Defeatocrats, going on to accuse the minority of helping embolden terrorists.

9. Silence and inaction against terrorism in Afghanistan and our region will only embolden terrorists and their masters.

10. But at those schools that were having about the test , Atkinson's stance will embolden anti - SAT forces.

11. However, that likely will embolden you and lead to your returning to the world again, lingering in it a bit longer.

12. But by the time the company actually made its first million, the careerism and money seemed only to embolden their blindness.

13. Former Trump campaign pollster John McLaughlin said that the effort to cancel former President Donald Trump is Backfiring and will likely embolden the former president’s voter bases

14. Bolded Just a note: when text appears in bold, we don't call it 'Bolded' - the verb to use is 'embolden', so you'd need to say 'do the proposed emboldened options work?'.

15. After working with NIAC in California as a volunteer on election and voting campaigns in 2018, Assal joined the team in order to further this work and embolden the voices of Iranian Americans.

16. Undoubtedly, the unqualified support extended to the Israeli regime by a permanent member of the Security Council has served to embolden it to continue with its crimes against the defenceless Palestinians and other peoples in the region, and has made it more brazen in adamantly violating and defying a host of Security Council resolutions, as well as the resolutions of other United Nations organs