open one's heart
Reveal inner thoughts
To open one's heart is to share private feelings or thoughts with someone, becoming emotionally vulnerable: She finally opened her heart to her sister about the divorce.
The phrase suggests revealing what is normally kept guarded.
It can also mean becoming receptive to love or connection: He opened his heart to the possibility of a new relationship.
Confidence in another
- secretsConcealed information
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- confidantTrusted keeper of secrets
unburden · reveal · honesty · candid · tell-all · divulge · privy · innermost
Openness to harm
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- pour outEmpty by tilting
outpouring · express · feelings · empathy · soul-baring · genuine · sincerity · sentimentality
trust
Confidence in another
- secretsConcealed information
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- disclosureAct of revealing information
confidant · unburden · reveal · honesty · candid · tell-all · divulge · privy · innermost · admission
vulnerability
Openness to harm
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
pour out · outpouring · express · feelings · empathy · soul-baring · genuine · sincerity · sentimentality · tears
open one's heartkeep one's guard up
Remain watchfully protective
clam up · hold back · keep a stiff upper lip · keep mum · withhold
open one's heartkeep to oneself
Remain private about something
hold back · keep one's own counsel · withhold · stonewall · hold one's tongue
open, opens, opened, opening, opener, openers, openness, openly, reopen