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Verbs for Expressing Emotions

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to admit
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to open up
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to pour out
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to confide
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to avow
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to vent
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to own up
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to concede
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to dissemble
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to harbor
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to nurse
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to hold in
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to keep in
to admit
to admit
Verb
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to agree with the truth of something, particularly in an unwilling manner

deny
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She admits her mistakes openly during team meetings.
The manager admits that there are challenges in the current project.

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to open up
to open up
Verb
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/ˈoʊpən ˈʌp/

to share or express one's personal thoughts, emotions, or experiences with someone else

close up

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
open
phrase's particle
up
to pour out
to pour out
Verb
uk flag
/pˈoːɹ ˈaʊt/

to freely express one's deep emotions, thoughts, or feelings

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transitive
Phrasal Status
separable
phrase's verb
pour
phrase's particle
out
to confide
to confide
Verb
c
k
o
ə
n
n
f
f
i
d
d
e

to share personal thoughts, feelings, or information with someone in private

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intransitive
to avow
to avow
Verb
a
ə
v
v
o
a
w
ʊ

to openly and confidently admit or declare something

disavow

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to vent
to vent
Verb
v
v
e
ɛ
n
n
t
t

to strongly express one's feelings, particularly one's anger

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to own up
to own up
Verb
uk flag
/ˈoʊn ˈʌp/

to confess and take responsibility for one's mistakes

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
own
phrase's particle
up
to concede
to concede
Verb
c
k
o
ə
n
n
c
s
e
i
d
d
e

to reluctantly admit that something is true after denying it first

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to dissemble
to dissemble
Verb
d
d
i
ɪ
ss
s
e
ɛ
m
m
b
b
ə
l
l
e

to conceal one's true emotions, beliefs, or intentions

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to harbor
to harbor
Verb
h
h
a
ɑ
r
r
b
b
o
ɜ
r
r

to maintain thoughts, feelings, or emotions, often over time

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to nurse
to nurse
Verb
n
n
u
ɜ
r
r
s
s
e

to carefully hold and nurture a thought, feeling, or theory within oneself over time without expressing them openly

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to hold in
to hold in
Verb
uk flag
/hˈoʊld ˈɪn/

to suppress the expression of one's feelings

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
separable
phrase's verb
hold
phrase's particle
in
to keep in
to keep in
Verb
uk flag
/kˈiːp ˈɪn/

to suppress one's emotions or feelings

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
separable
phrase's verb
keep
phrase's particle
in

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