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unbosom
[ uhn-booz-uhm, -boo-zuhm ]
verb (used with object)
- to disclose (a confidence, secret, etc.).
verb (used without object)
- to disclose one's thoughts, feelings, or the like, especially in confidence.
unbosom
/ ʌnˈbʊzəm /
verb
- tr to relieve (oneself) of (secrets, etc) by telling someone
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Derived Forms
- unˈbosomer, noun
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Other Words From
- un·bosom·er noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unbosom1
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Idioms and Phrases
- unbosom oneself, to disclose one's thoughts, feelings, etc., to another person; confide one's private affairs:
He unbosomed himself to a complete stranger.
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Example Sentences
By making the customary modest deprecatory remarks about Great Britain, they induced me to unbosom myself with honest candor.
What an unspeakable privilege to unbosom one's trials and difficulties into the ear of a faithful servant of God.
Here you will find some Belgian patriot who is glad of the chance to unbosom himself to a safe American.
When we unbosom ourselves, He lets His love stream richly and gloriously into our hearts.
They are just the letters in which one friend might unbosom himself to another without the least artifice or disguise.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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