as in confronted
to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage
a man of integrity who was never afraid to beard the lion in his den
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Recent Examples of bearded
Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
Malgorzata is meeting him for the first time, and her X-chromosome vibrations easily win the day with the old bearded geezer.
—David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
The bearded and gregarious Walker expressed happiness for his players, the school and its town.
—Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 20 Dec. 2025
In the central bearded dragon, native to Australia, warm temperatures can turn chromosomally male lizards into females.
—Elizabeth Preston, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
The other, a raggedy, bearded civilian from his country’s military reserve, is less enthused, and often strips off his service greens and his Ottoman-style fez to smoke cigarettes and lounge in the sun.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearded
Adjective
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The Nintendo brand is king, and those mustachioed siblings are its most beloved ambassadors.—
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It was greeted by the sound of loud, sarcastic cheering by the old London Road end and by Malcolm Shotton, Oxford’s moustachioed coach, who could have used the Pringles logo as a passport photo, throwing his jacket into the crowd in sarcastic celebration.—
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Bethell has already faced more balls in this single innings than Ben Duckett has confronted through the entire series, and eclipsed the total runs scored by Ollie Pope, the man preferred ahead of him until Melbourne, across three matches in this knock alone.—
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The employee confronted the two suspects, and a struggle ensued, leading to the shooting, Olson said.—
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However, even after the peace proposal, Israeli sports teams have faced opposition and exclusion.—
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The agency has also faced criticism for aggressive tactics used by ICE agents in executing the president’s immigration policy.—
Adjective
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More to Explore By documenting lushly hirsute Japanese officials alongside their beardless counterparts, portraiture preserved a photographic record of colonial subjects’ visibly inferior status.—
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The more hirsute Bellucci was reduced to stealing a solitary game in the first hour from the purple streak of lightning running the show from the other side of the net.—
Adjective
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Van Sant was impressed by Elwes’s preparation and physical transformation, with his shaggy hair and bushy beard.—
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To go with her new gal on the go lifestyle, she's chopped off her iconic perm in favor of a whimsical, shaggy pixie cut.—
Adjective
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In a final clip, Kardashian filmed herself holding two of the dark-haired puppies alongside Chicago, who carried the sable-furred dog.—
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Her current companions are a pair of dark-furred rescues named Bear and Pharrah.—
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Things became so hairy that Ghost City Tours, which hosted events featuring Annabelle, released a statement confirming that Annabelle had nothing to do with the fire.—
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In October, for his first collection as the designer of Jean Paul Gaultier, Duran Lantink put models in hairy trompe-l’œil-style catsuits, while Kim Kardashian — who last year first teased us with a Skims faux fur bikini — fully committed with a range of merkins in various shades and hair types.—
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“Bearded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearded. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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