unbosom

American  

[uhn-booz-uhm, -boo-zuhm] / ʌnˈbʊz əm, -ˈbu zəm /

verb (used with object)

1. to disclose (a confidence, secret, etc.).

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verb (used without object)

1. to disclose one's thoughts, feelings, or the like, especially in confidence.

idioms

1. unbosom oneself, to disclose one's thoughts, feelings, etc., to another person; confide one's private affairs.

   He unbosomed himself to a complete stranger.

unbosom British  

/ ʌnˈbʊzəm /

verb

1. (tr) to relieve (oneself) of (secrets, etc) by telling someone

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• unbosomer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of unbosom

1580–90; un- ² + bosom (v.)

Example Sentences

Rassendyll's job is to rescue Rudolf and hand over the throne, so that he can unbosom himself to Flavia.

From Time Magazine Archive

I can unbosom myself to you, for I know you to be my real friend; believe me, I do not assure myself that I have another in the whole world!

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne

Very likely Nancy was even now being offered her escape; the idea had got about that John Spence would unbosom himself to the sound of the violins.

From The Honour of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald

"Ah! but one never knows whence help may come," she replied; and the gentle earnestness with which she spoke so tempted me to unbosom myself, that instinctively I drew away from her.

From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

The Empress still occupied her place by the bed-side, which she had never quitted but once, in order to allow her dying husband to unbosom himself in private to his confessor.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various

Related Words

• disclose
• display
• open
• tell