CONFIDED Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

confided

verb

past tense of confide

as in handed

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another the local SPCA was looking for homes for a number of exotic animals confided to its care

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Recent Examples of confided As many commenters on Instagram confided, no one can prepare you for postpartum anxiety and depression that may accompany those sweet snuggles. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Sep. 2026 At a recent legacy nonprofit gala, a colleague confided that the event was the same thing—and the same people—year after year. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Then Rocha saw him a year later, and the student confided that college just wasn’t for him. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026 The problem with Dolan, this person confided, was that the owner fancied himself knowledgeable about basketball. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 But during the March video conference, Colorado regulators confided to industry lobbyists that the tool for rooting out fraud isn’t working. — Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 15 May 2026 Aylesworth says her mother previously confided that Brian Hooker choked her. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026 Instead, Shawn stages his story as a panel of intimate testimonies, confided to us alone. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026 Whitlock reveals that to keep news of Husky out of the press, Ike called war correspondents together and confided plans for Husky. — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026

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The match against Roma came hours after he was handed a four-game suspension in the Spanish league after being sent off for pulling the hair of an opponent and for protesting against the referee.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
When asked, Beckham handed the bottles to Pierce, who noted three different types of pills in the bottle.

— Steven Mross, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of handed

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For a lot of the people at that desk, this is the first job anyone has entrusted them with.

— Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The second challenge is pursuing smart development while protecting the natural and community character entrusted to us.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of entrusted

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Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026

Definition of gave

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Instead of crossing over into the afterlife, Billy, the magically inclined twin, transferred his soul into the body of William Kaplan, a teenager who had just been involved in a fatal car crash.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The Horned Frogs will need Hayward’s pass rushing expertise to harass Baylor junior quarterback DJ Lagway, a former five-star recruit that transferred in from Florida.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of transferred

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Welcoming refugees has been a matter of bipartisan consensus in the United States since Congress passed the Refugee Act with overwhelming support in 1980.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Part of the legislation passed the House earlier this summer with bipartisan support.

— Liz Shuler, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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