Confide
verb
To tell someone about a secret or private matter trusting they will not tell anyone else.
She confided her fears to her best friend.
Often appears as...
- confide in someone
- confide a secret
verb
To trust someone or something.
I confide in my team to get the job done.
Often appears as...
- confide in someone
- confide in a plan
verb
To give to the care or protection of someone.
The queen confided the important task to her most trusted knight.
Often appears as...
- confide a task
- confide a responsibility
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
verb
To tell someone about a secret or private matter trusting they will not tell anyone else.
She confided her fears to her best friend.
Often appears as...
- confide in someone
- confide a secret
verb
To trust someone or something.
I confide in my team to get the job done.
Often appears as...
- confide in someone
- confide in a plan
verb
To give to the care or protection of someone.
The queen confided the important task to her most trusted knight.
Often appears as...
- confide a task
- confide a responsibility
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Privacy Expected
Use 'confide' when expressing the expectation of privacy after sharing personal information.
He confided in her, expecting that she wouldn't tell anyone else.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Aspect
'Confide' often indicates sharing something emotionally significant, not just any secret.
She confided her deepest regrets, knowing they understood.
Pro Tip 3/3Close Relationships
'Confide' is typically used when discussing close or trusting relationships.
After years of friendship, he finally confided his childhood story to me.
Pro Tip 1/3Privacy Expected
Use 'confide' when expressing the expectation of privacy after sharing personal information.
He confided in her, expecting that she wouldn't tell anyone else.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Aspect
'Confide' often indicates sharing something emotionally significant, not just any secret.
She confided her deepest regrets, knowing they understood.
Pro Tip 3/3Close Relationships
'Confide' is typically used when discussing close or trusting relationships.
After years of friendship, he finally confided his childhood story to me.
Pro Tip 1/3Privacy Expected
Use 'confide' when expressing the expectation of privacy after sharing personal information.
He confided in her, expecting that she wouldn't tell anyone else.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Aspect
'Confide' often indicates sharing something emotionally significant, not just any secret.
She confided her deepest regrets, knowing they understood.
Pro Tip 3/3Close Relationships
'Confide' is typically used when discussing close or trusting relationships.
After years of friendship, he finally confided his childhood story to me.
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Safari Live - Day 158 PIPE...
them or said something nasty it's because there's a warthog that's come down to a little pan behind this thicket that we're looking at just behind that thicket there craigers there is a water pepper water Pig and we just carry on a little bit closer and see if the water Pig isn't confiding enough to let us
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Technology hasn't...
want somebody that respects them, somebody they can trust and confide in, somebody who makes them laugh, somebody who makes enough time for them and somebody who they find physically attractive. That never changes. And there's certainly -- you know, there's two parts -- But you know how I call that?
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A global hackathon to...
i'm not sure if miss bradfeld was the one who confided but he was he's he's a really cool guy who joined um so we have ray hoffman sam eltman we have an astronaut samantha christopher who who just sent her greetings in um and thomas and mccoy who i absolutely adore he's
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Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
say that if his personality remains as it is remember that he's still young yet but he's not territorial livid yet and his personality may not always be quite as confiding but yeah you may well find that he produces offspring that are
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Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
to be near the camp and it's one of the reasons they are so confiding is that they're used to being around people so that was very pleasant to see them y'all are doing his dance and to dance for him they do it so often for us times if
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The Price of Adventure PIPE...
to tibet to climb shisha penguin which is the world's 14th highest peak and we had an audacious goal of to ski down that did he confide in you a lot of things this is max in a clip from his film interviewing conrad about that trip
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Safari Live - Day 198 PIPE...
some Impala just two here so let's walk slowly along yes the little one of course nine months old as I've said to you before is not very confiding with human beings on foot unlike wasana was at the same age and
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Safari Live - Day 360 PIPE...
there she is there you can just see her disappearing and testing okay let's continue I do think we should keep following her though I think it's gonna be worth our while and she's been relatively confiding as
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What I've learned about...
Start to freak out, you know what I'm saying? He was trying to confide in me -- I said, "You have no idea what you're talking about." She wakes up every morning, tired from the night before,
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Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
has and she's been she's the best warthog I've ever met I can't believe how confiding she's being she's seen it
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Safari Live - Day 158 PIPE...
them or said something nasty it's because there's a warthog that's come down to a little pan behind this thicket that we're looking at just behind that thicket there craigers there is a water pepper water Pig and we just carry on a little bit closer and see if the water Pig isn't confiding enough to let us
Video examples
Technology hasn't...
want somebody that respects them, somebody they can trust and confide in, somebody who makes them laugh, somebody who makes enough time for them and somebody who they find physically attractive. That never changes. And there's certainly -- you know, there's two parts -- But you know how I call that?
Video examples
A global hackathon to...
i'm not sure if miss bradfeld was the one who confided but he was he's he's a really cool guy who joined um so we have ray hoffman sam eltman we have an astronaut samantha christopher who who just sent her greetings in um and thomas and mccoy who i absolutely adore he's
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
say that if his personality remains as it is remember that he's still young yet but he's not territorial livid yet and his personality may not always be quite as confiding but yeah you may well find that he produces offspring that are
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
to be near the camp and it's one of the reasons they are so confiding is that they're used to being around people so that was very pleasant to see them y'all are doing his dance and to dance for him they do it so often for us times if
Video examples
The Price of Adventure PIPE...
to tibet to climb shisha penguin which is the world's 14th highest peak and we had an audacious goal of to ski down that did he confide in you a lot of things this is max in a clip from his film interviewing conrad about that trip
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 198 PIPE...
some Impala just two here so let's walk slowly along yes the little one of course nine months old as I've said to you before is not very confiding with human beings on foot unlike wasana was at the same age and
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 360 PIPE...
there she is there you can just see her disappearing and testing okay let's continue I do think we should keep following her though I think it's gonna be worth our while and she's been relatively confiding as
Video examples
What I've learned about...
Start to freak out, you know what I'm saying? He was trying to confide in me -- I said, "You have no idea what you're talking about." She wakes up every morning, tired from the night before,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
has and she's been she's the best warthog I've ever met I can't believe how confiding she's being she's seen it
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Quote examples
Henry Williamson
English Author
The bells cease, and the power goes from me, and I descend again to the world of the living; and if in some foolish confiding moment I try to explain why I want to re-live those old days, to tear the Truth out of the past so that all men shall see plainly, perhaps someone will say to me, 'Oh, the War! A tragedy - best forgotten.
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Anne Roiphe
Journalist
I think it is a good thing to have woman friends at every stage of life. We confide in each other, we support each other, we understand each other most of the time. Of course, sometimes we are competitive or angry or distant, too. But I do think it is important not to let the main friendships slip away in the sweep of the days.
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Penny Jordan
English Writer
I was too ashamed and afraid to confide in friends, and wanted to convince others and myself that my marriage was a success. I lost myself in my writing. Finding ways for my characters to overcome their problems and make their relationships work helped plaster over the wound caused by my inability to make things right at home.
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Gretchen Rubin
American Author
We need to have intimate, enduring bonds; we need to be able to confide; we need to feel that we belong; we need to be able to get support, and just as important for happiness, to give support. We need many kinds of relationships; for one thing, we need friends.
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Jazz Jennings
American Activist
If you don't have the love and support of your family, you need to find someone out there who you can confide in and share your concerns and worries with. And someone who can lift your spirits and make you feel valuable and strong and powerful.
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James Charles
American Model
I get a lot of fans who deal with poor mental health. But that's the good thing about the Internet - that there are so many kids who can confide together and help each other out.
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Michelangelo
Italian Artist
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
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John Waters
Director
On airplanes, strangers confide in me the most deepest, darkest secrets. And I think they think I'll understand. And I generally do understand.
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Martin Luther
German Leader
Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.
Quote examples
Henry Williamson
English Author
The bells cease, and the power goes from me, and I descend again to the world of the living; and if in some foolish confiding moment I try to explain why I want to re-live those old days, to tear the Truth out of the past so that all men shall see plainly, perhaps someone will say to me, 'Oh, the War! A tragedy - best forgotten.
Quote examples
Anne Roiphe
Journalist
I think it is a good thing to have woman friends at every stage of life. We confide in each other, we support each other, we understand each other most of the time. Of course, sometimes we are competitive or angry or distant, too. But I do think it is important not to let the main friendships slip away in the sweep of the days.
Quote examples
Penny Jordan
English Writer
I was too ashamed and afraid to confide in friends, and wanted to convince others and myself that my marriage was a success. I lost myself in my writing. Finding ways for my characters to overcome their problems and make their relationships work helped plaster over the wound caused by my inability to make things right at home.
Quote examples
Gretchen Rubin
American Author
We need to have intimate, enduring bonds; we need to be able to confide; we need to feel that we belong; we need to be able to get support, and just as important for happiness, to give support. We need many kinds of relationships; for one thing, we need friends.
Quote examples
Jazz Jennings
American Activist
If you don't have the love and support of your family, you need to find someone out there who you can confide in and share your concerns and worries with. And someone who can lift your spirits and make you feel valuable and strong and powerful.
Quote examples
James Charles
American Model
I get a lot of fans who deal with poor mental health. But that's the good thing about the Internet - that there are so many kids who can confide together and help each other out.
Quote examples
Michelangelo
Italian Artist
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
Quote examples
John Waters
Director
On airplanes, strangers confide in me the most deepest, darkest secrets. And I think they think I'll understand. And I generally do understand.
Quote examples
Martin Luther
German Leader
Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.
Quote examples
Albert Camus
French Philosopher
We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.
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