confided
Told in private
Confided is the past tense of confide, meaning to share something private or secret with someone you trust: She confided her fears to her sister, He confided that he was thinking of quitting.
The word implies intimacy and discretion—you confide in someone you believe will keep the information safe.
Non-kin mutual bond
- therapistMental health practitioner
- counselorOne who advises
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- confessorPriest receiving admissions
confidante · diary · journal · spouse · partner · mentor · sibling · parent
Spoke without full voice
- disclosedMade previously hidden known
- revealedMade visible or known
- divulgedRevealed secret information
- admittedConfessed or granted entry
confessed · shared · unburdened · entrusted · imparted · told · related · breathed
Concealed information
- fearEmotional response to threat
- worryTroubled mental state
- doubtLack of firm belief
- regretSorrow over past actions
shame · guilt · affair · truth · feeling · dream · hope · struggle
Wept audibly and convulsively
lamented · whispered · trembled · choked up · tearfully · brokenly · hesitantly · reluctantly
Confidence in another
- closenessState of proximity
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- connectionA joining or relation
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
heart-to-heart · familiarity · warmth · bonding · affection · empathy · understanding · openness
friend
Non-kin mutual bond
confessor · confidante · diary · journal · spouse · partner · mentor · sibling · parent · stranger
whispered
Spoke without full voice
- disclosedMade previously hidden known
- revealedMade visible or known
- divulgedRevealed secret information
admitted · confessed · shared · unburdened · entrusted · imparted · told · related · breathed · murmured
secret
Concealed information
regret · shame · guilt · affair · truth · feeling · dream · hope · struggle · problem
sobbed
Wept audibly and convulsively
pleaded · lamented · whispered · trembled · choked up · tearfully · brokenly · hesitantly · reluctantly · nervously
trust
Confidence in another
- closenessState of proximity
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- connectionA joining or relation
rapport · heart-to-heart · familiarity · warmth · bonding · affection · empathy · understanding · openness · sincerity
confidedconcealed
Made invisible deliberately
withheld · suppressed · hid · kept to oneself · retained
confidedbroadcast
Transmitted media signal
announced · publicized · proclaimed · shouted · blurted out
- confidence trickFraud exploiting victim's trust
- confide inShare secrets with
- confidence gameFraud using false trust
- in confidenceShared with expected secrecy
- confided inShared secrets with
- confiding inSharing secrets with
confidence, confident, confide, confidential, confidant, confidently, unconfident, confiding, self-confident