confessed
kuhn-FEST/kənˈfɛst/
- 1Simple past and past participle of confess. Use this form for something a person already admitted.
She confessed that she had eaten the last slice of cake.
The boy confessed to breaking the window with his ball.
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- 2Openly admitted to be true by the person being described.
He is a confessed liar, so few people trust his stories.
The confessed thief returned everything he had taken from the shop.
Similaravowed, acknowledged, professed, self-professed
Oppositesecret, alleged, suspected, closet
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confessed is a form of confess
confess, verb: To admit that you did something wrong, like a crime or a sin. Full entry
- Forms
- confessconfesses he/she/itconfessing -ing formconfessed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- confess → confessed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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