Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unbosom
Participle: unbosomed
Gerund: unbosoming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | unbosom |
| you | unbosom |
| he;she;it | unbosoms |
| we | unbosom |
| you | unbosom |
| they | unbosom |
Perfect
| I | have unbosomed |
| you | have unbosomed |
| he;she;it | has unbosomed |
| we | have unbosomed |
| you | have unbosomed |
| they | have unbosomed |
Past
| I | unbosomed |
| you | unbosomed |
| he;she;it | unbosomed |
| we | unbosomed |
| you | unbosomed |
| they | unbosomed |
Pluperfect
| I | had unbosomed |
| you | had unbosomed |
| he;she;it | had unbosomed |
| we | had unbosomed |
| you | had unbosomed |
| they | had unbosomed |
Future
| I | will unbosom |
| you | will unbosom |
| he;she;it | will unbosom |
| we | will unbosom |
| you | will unbosom |
| they | will unbosom |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unbosomed |
| you | will have unbosomed |
| he;she;it | will have unbosomed |
| we | will have unbosomed |
| you | will have unbosomed |
| they | will have unbosomed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unbosom |
| you | unbosom |
| he;she;it | unbosom |
| we | unbosom |
| you | unbosom |
| they | unbosom |
Perfect
| I | have unbosomed |
| you | have unbosomed |
| he;she;it | have unbosomed |
| we | have unbosomed |
| you | have unbosomed |
| they | have unbosomed |
Imperfect
| I | unbosomed |
| you | unbosomed |
| he;she;it | unbosomed |
| we | unbosomed |
| you | unbosomed |
| they | unbosomed |
Pluperfect
| I | had unbosomed |
| you | had unbosomed |
| he;she;it | had unbosomed |
| we | had unbosomed |
| you | had unbosomed |
| they | had unbosomed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unbosom |
| you | would unbosom |
| he;she;it | would unbosom |
| we | would unbosom |
| you | would unbosom |
| they | would unbosom |
Perfect
| I | would have unbosomed |
| you | would have unbosomed |
| he;she;it | would have unbosomed |
| we | would have unbosomed |
| you | would have unbosomed |
| they | would have unbosomed |
Imperative
| you | unbosom |
| we | Let's unbosom |
| you | unbosom |
Verbs conjugated like 'unbosom'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unbosom'
bosom,
embosom,
imbosom,
unbook,
unboot,
unzoom,
besom,
boom,
disbosom,
unbecome,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to admit to the truth
- acknowledge, admit, assent, avow, beknow, come clean, concede, confess, fess, fess up, front up, make a clean breast, own, own up, shrive, sing, spill one's guts, spill the beans, step forward, talk, tell all
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From un- + bosom (“the seat of emotions”).
Sample Sentences
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Their several counsels they unbosom shall
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To loves mistook, and so be mock'd withal
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Upon the next occasion that we meet,
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With visages displayed, to talk and greet. [1594, Willam Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act V, scene 2, line 2040:]
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At first Puddock was reserved, but recollecting that he had been left quite free to tell whom he pleased, he made up his mind to unbosom; and suggested, for the sake of quiet and a longer conversation, that they should go round by the ferry. [1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:]
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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:]
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Watt was not the first to whom Mr Graves had unbosomed himself, in this connexion. For he had unbosomed himself to Arsene, many years before […] [1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, Paris: Olympia Press, →OL:]