Definition for Embolden:

• To make brave; to encourage.

Synonyms for Embolden:

• n.

  •
  • sustain,
  • uplift,
  • build up someone's hopes,
  • raise (someone's) hopes/expectations.
  •
  • motivate,
  • help.
  •embolden (noun)
  • recreate.

• v.

  •animate (verb)
  • in forming,
  • ex citing,
  • ex-cite,
  • in form,
  • re-vivify,
  • in cites,
  • re vivifies,
  • in-cited,
  • ex-cited,
  • ex cite,
  • in forms,
  • in-citing,
  • in-form,
  • re-vivified,
  • makes alive,
  • making alive,
  • made alive,
  • ex cites,
  • re vivify,
  • ex cited,
  • re vivifying,
  • in cited,
  • re vivified,
  • in-cites,
  • re-vivifying,
  • in cite,
  • in-forms,
  • in-cite,
  • in citing,
  • re-vivifies,
  • in-forming,
  • ex-cites.
  •cheer (verb)
  • lets sun shine in,
  • put top of the world,
  • put cloud nine,
  • bracing up,
  • puts on top of world,
  • puts top the world,
  • braced up,
  • let sun shine in,
  • snap out it,
  • up lifted,
  • up-raise,
  • up lifts,
  • braces up,
  • up raises,
  • putting on top world,
  • up-raises,
  • put on top of world,
  • put top world,
  • puts cloud nine,
  • putting on top the world,
  • up-lifted,
  • gave a lift,
  • puts top of world,
  • up-lifts,
  • putting top world,
  • snapped out it,
  • lets the sun shine in,
  • snaps out it,
  • putting top of world,
  • puts on top world,
  • put on top the world,
  • up-lifting,
  • putting top of the world,
  • putting on cloud nine,
  • gives a lift,
  • snaps out of it,
  • gives lift,
  • up lift,
  • letted the sun shine in,
  • put top the world,
  • up lifting,
  • snapped out of it,
  • up raised,
  • letting sun shine in,
  • up-raising,
  • puts on top the world,
  • giving lift,
  • giving a lift,
  • putting on top of the world,
  • putting top the world,
  • puts on cloud nine,
  • up raising,
  • up raise,
  • snapping out of it,
  • puts top world,
  • up-lift,
  • gave lift,
  • give lift,
  • letted sun shine in,
  • letting the sun shine in,
  • snapping out it,
  • putting on top of world,
  • puts top of the world,
  • putting cloud nine,
  • puts on top of the world,
  • put on top world,
  • put top of world,
  • up-raised.
  •encourage (verb)
  • energize,
  • goad,
  • invigorate,
  • exhilarate,
  • rally,
  • reassure,
  • push,
  • give courage,
  • sway,
  • spur,
  • boost,
  • buoy,
  • refresh,
  • psyche up.
  •fortify (verb)
  • pours on,
  • pours it on,
  • poured on,
  • re-news,
  • re new,
  • pouring it on,
  • re-new,
  • punched up,
  • re news,
  • pouring on,
  • punches up,
  • punching up,
  • poured it on.
  •steel (verb)
  • makes ones mind,
  • makes one's mind,
  • make one mind,
  • pre-pared,
  • made one's mind,
  • made up ones mind,
  • making one's mind,
  • makes up one mind,
  • pre-paring,
  • make ones mind,
  • makes up ones mind,
  • re adies,
  • make one's mind,
  • made up one's mind,
  • making up ones mind,
  • makes up mind,
  • make mind,
  • made up one mind,
  • pre pared,
  • makes up one's mind,
  • making ones mind,
  • make up one mind,
  • pre-pare,
  • making up one mind,
  • pre pare,
  • made up mind,
  • makes mind,
  • pre pares,
  • makes one mind,
  • making up mind,
  • making one mind,
  • made mind,
  • made one mind,
  • re-adies,
  • making mind,
  • pre paring,
  • made ones mind,
  • make up ones mind.
  •strengthen (verb)
  • gathers resources,
  • gives weight,
  • giving weight,
  • gave weight,
  • up hold,
  • up holding,
  • up held,
  • up-holding,
  • up-hold,
  • up-held,
  • gathered resources,
  • gathering resources,
  • up holds,
  • up-holds.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • get someone's hopes up/build someone's hopes (up)/raise someone's hopes.
  •
  • build up.
  •cheer
  • snap out of it,
  • put on cloud nine,
  • perked up,
  • give a lift,
  • brace up,
  • put on top of the world,
  • let the sun shine in.
  •strengthen
  • flowered,
  • toughen,
  • give weight,
  • gather resources.

Paraphrases for Embolden:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    promote.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    encourage.

Antonyms for Embolden:

• v.

  • encourage
    depress, discourage, dishearten, dissuade.
  • Other antonyms:
    disapprove, denounce, baffle, confound, sadden, deter, dispirit, counteract, hinder, undermine, daunt, demoralize, frustrate, PSYCH, impede, weaken, debilitate, enfeeble, hamstring, expose, obstruct, intimidate, disconcert.

Embolden Sentence Examples:

• See in the former the insolence, the artifices and the lust of power of a single aristocrat and how far the love of money can lead; in the latter, what gifts can do, and how they can embolden those who are bribed by them.

• Happily there are things which help to sustain and embolden the soldier in that terrible trial.