MEANING
To tell someone something private because you trust them.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- confide in a friend
- confide a fear
On the page
After the others left, she confided that she had never wanted the job.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- confide
- Past tense
- confided
- Past participle
- confided
- Present participle
- confiding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- confide
- Present continuous
- am/is/are confiding
- Present perfect
- have/has confided
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been confiding
- Past
- confided
- Past continuous
- was/were confiding
- Past perfect
- had confided
- Past perfect continuous
- had been confiding
- Future
- will confide
- Future continuous
- will be confiding
- Future perfect
- will have confided
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been confiding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: confide; confides; confided; confided; confiding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: confides.
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