emboldened

1. 1.

   made bold or courageous

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Questions about emboldened

What does emboldened mean?

emboldened means "made bold or courageous".

How many syllables are in emboldened?

emboldened has 3 syllables: em-bol-dened. The stress falls on "bol". In IPA it is /ɛmˈboʊldənd/.

Is emboldened a common word?

emboldened is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.