confided
Meaning of confided
verb, past tense
- tell someone about a secret or private matter while trusting them not to repeat it to others.
he confided his fears to his mother
he confided that stress had caused him to lose a stone in weight
‘I have been afraid,’ she confided
late Middle English (in the sense ‘place trust (in’)): from Latin confidere ‘have full trust’. The sense ‘impart as a secret’ dates from the mid 18th century.
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Hyphenation of confided
con-fided
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- confided is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
confided synonyms
Meaning make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others:
Meaning make (secret or new information) known:
Meaning make known (private or sensitive information):
Meaning (of a container or covering) accidentally lose or admit contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack:
Meaning expose (one's country, a group, or a person) to danger by treacherously giving information to an enemy:
Meaning make (information) known:
Meaning announce officially or publicly:
Meaning make a formal public statement about a fact, occurrence, or intention:
Meaning give a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done, or investigated:
Meaning say something in a solemn and emphatic manner:
Meaning closely acquainted; familiar:
Meaning remove a cover or covering from:
Meaning expose the true character of or hidden truth about:
Meaning make (something) visible by uncovering it:
Meaning open or spread out from a folded position:
Meaning give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner:
Meaning communicate information to someone in spoken or written words:
Meaning admit that one has committed a crime or done something wrong:
Meaning confess to be true or to be the case:
Meaning talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way:
Meaning reveal secrets by indiscreet talk:
Meaning cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container, especially unintentionally:
Meaning find unexpectedly or during a search:
Words that rhyme with confided
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