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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
/ ʌˈʊə /
verb
- tr to relieve (oneself) of (secrets, etc) by telling someone
Derived Forms
- ܲˈDzdz, noun
Other 51Թs From
- ܲ·Dzo· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of unbosom1
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.
Example Sentences
In the end, it isn’t her own shame at her inaction that fuels this low-key thriller, but her ability to elicit the unbosoming of others.
We would be socially generous enough, particularly with strangers, that we wouldn’t require a catalyst for unbosoming our uniqueness.
Methinks it should not be wrong to unbosom my cares to thee, who, albeit young, hast a thoughtful spirit, and, as I have often observed, an aptness to give good counsel.
Here love is unbosomed as it could not be by language.
That which makes it so difficult for a man of strong vicious passions to unbosom himself to a naturally virtuous man, is not so much the virtue as the ignorance of the latter.
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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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