Crossword clues for unbosom
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unbosom \Un*bos"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unbosomed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Unbosoming.] [1st pref. un- + bosom.]
To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to
confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's
self.
--Milton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. (context archaic English) To tell someone about one's troubles, and thus obtain relief.
WordNet
v. relieve oneself of troubling information [syn: relieve]
Usage examples of "unbosom".
Tarzan and Zeyd journeyed toward the village in which the ape-man purposed to enlist an escort for the Arab upon the first stage of his return journey toward his desert home, the Beduin had time to meditate much upon many matters, and having come to trust and respect his savage guide he at last unbosomed himself to Tarzan.
Chapter Eleven Sir James AS Tarzan and Zeyd journeyed toward the village in which the ape-man purposed to enlist an escort for the Arab upon the first stage of his return journey toward his desert home, the Beduin had time to meditate much upon many matters, and having come to trust and respect his savage guide he at last unbosomed himself to Tarzan.
How delightful he was as he sat talking in the twilight in low and tender tones, with respectful pauses of listening, in which he looked as if he too had just made a discovery,--of an angel, to wit, to whom he could not help unbosoming his tenderest emotions, as to a being from another sphere!
ABRAHAM, DEI GRATIA REX,--they cannot have duly pondered his letter of June 12th, in which he unbosoms himself with the simplicity of a rustic lover called upon by an anxious parent to explain his intentions.
He then unbosomed the violence of his passion to Lady Bellaston, who readily undertook the cause, and encouraged him with certain assurance of a most favourable reception from all the elders of the family, and from the father himself when he should be sober, and should be made acquainted with the nature of the offer made to his daughter.
Once or twice Jos had been on the point of saying something very important to her, to which she was most willing to lend an ear, but the fat fellow could not be brought to unbosom himself of his great secret, and very much to his sister’.
She told him nothing, and he heard nothing, but next day she unbosomed herself.
The colonel, who at first was very reserved, finally unbosomed himself, and the curé and the warden came to know the whole story, and how Pontmercy was sacrificing his own happiness to the future of his child.
But I am hurried sometimes beyond the sense of pain, when unbosoming myself to friends who harmonize with me in principle.
Stephen, the port stands by you I had been on the point of unbosoming myself.
Each man would have sought relief from the strain by unbosoming his hopes and fears to his neighbor, but he dared not.