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romance | confide |

As a noun romance

is .

As a verb confide is

to trust, have faith (in ).

romance

Noun

(en noun)
  • An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
  • A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
  • Love which is pure or beautiful.
  • A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
  • A story or novel dealing with idealised love.
  • An embellished account of something; an idealised lie.
  • An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
  • His life was a romance .
  • A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
  • a girl full of romance
  • (music) A romanza, or sentimental ballad.
  • Antonyms

    * platonic, platonic relationship, platonic love

    Derived terms

    * bromance * womance

    Verb

  • Woo; court.
  • To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    confide

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To trust, have faith (in ).
  • * 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 269:
  • "Be calm, lovely Antonia!" he replied; "no danger in near you: confide in my protection."
  • * 1818 , Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus , Everyman's Library 1973, p. 10:
  • "I shall do nothing rashly: you know me sufficiently to confide in my prudence and consideration whenever the safety of others is committed to my care."
  • * Byron
  • In thy protection I confide .
  • (dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
  • I confide this mission to you alone.
  • To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in )
  • I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother.
  • (intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.
  • After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.
    She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.