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

• unbosomer
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of unbosom

1580–90; un- ² + bosom (v.)

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Example Sentences

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unbosom

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

From Time Magazine Archive

An answer of this sort usually indicated that the young man was burning to unbosom himself of something or other and that he needed some coaxing to do so.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Abraham Cahan

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

I determined then to forward my suit with what ardour and haste I might, and to unbosom myself of my fault in the very hour that I pleaded my love.

From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

Then she looked down again at her work and waited for him to unbosom himself further.

From The Eldest Son by Archibald Marshall

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