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unbosomed

unbosomed is the simple past and past participle of unbosom.

Meaning of unbosom

Verb

unbosom (third-person singular simple present unbosoms, present participle unbosoming, simple past and past participle unbosomed)

  1. (ambitransitive, archaic) To tell someone about (one's troubles), and thus obtain relief.
    • Their several counsels they unbosom shall
      To loves mistook, and so be mock'd withal
      Upon the next occasion that we meet,
      With visages displayed, to talk and greet.1594, Willam Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act V, scene 2, line 2040
  2. (archaic, reflexive) To free (oneself) of the burden of one's troubles by telling of them.
    • Sometimes there is a breach-of-promise case by and by; and when he sees his letter in print it makes him cruelly uncomfortable and he perceives that he never would have unbosomed himself to that large and honest degree if he had known that he was writing for the public.1924, Mark Twain, Mark Twain's Autobiography, New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, Preface, Volume 1
  3. (archaic) To confess a misdeed.

Questions about unbosomed

What is unbosomed the simple past and past participle of?
Unbosomed is the simple past and past participle of unbosom.

Words near unbosomed in the dictionary

  1. unborns
  2. unborrowable
  3. unborrowed
  4. unborrowing
  5. unbosom
  6. unbosomed
  7. unbosomer
  8. unbosomers
  9. unbosoming
  10. unbosomings
  11. unbosoms

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