Definitions for confides

confides con·fide

Spelling: [kuh n-fahyd]
IPA: /kənˈfaɪd/

Confides is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 327 anagrams from letters in confides (cdefinos).

Definitions for confides

verb (used with object)

  1. to tell in assurance of secrecy:
  2. to entrust; commit to the charge or knowledge of another:

verb (used without object)

  1. to impart secrets trustfully; discuss private matters or problems (usually followed by in):
  2. to have full trust; have faith:

Origin of confides

1625-35; Latin confīdere, equivalent to con- con- + fīdere to trust, akin to foedus; see confederate, fidelity

Examples for confides

“You know, I never had a monstrous ego,” Mailer confides to a friend in l987.

To this Egyptian Pandora Satou confides the secret of his heart.

When they complain that there is no future for them here,” she confides after a long pause, “I worry they are right.

And she confides her grief to the world with such charming discretion.

He confides in Leonard, because he is in possession of this precious quality.

“I dated someone for almost three years and we broke up two or three years ago,” Norton confides.

There is not a man he confides in who has not engaged to betray him.'

“No one wants to risk their tenure or promotion by speaking out of turn,” confides a senior professor.

Why, Phedro confides in everybody, and so nobody ever believes him.

He confides, with something like pride, that the feds are planning to indict him, along with Jerry, on a tax charge.

Word Value for confides
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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