Basic Details
Word: Confessed
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Admitted that you had done something wrong, or told something you had kept secret.
Synonyms: admitted, owned up, acknowledged, revealed
Antonyms: denied, concealed
How to Spell Confessed
Syllables: con - fessed
Tricky part: One f and a double s: confesed and conffessed are both common slips. The -ed at the end sounds like t.
Watch out for: confesed, conffessed, confessd
Memory tip: Confess ends like dress, chess and less, with ss. Add -ed and the ss stays.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Arjun confessed that he had eaten the last laddoo.
Example 2: She finally confessed that she was scared of the dark.
Example 3: The boy who broke the window confessed before anyone asked.
Fun Fact
In his autobiography, Gandhi wrote that as a teenager he confessed a theft to his father in a letter, and his father forgave him with silent tears.
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Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word confessed as used in the sentence:
After a long silence, Kabir confessed that he had lost his sister's library book.
a) admitted
b) denied
c) revealed
d) acknowledged
Show answer
b) denied. Kabir owned up; had he denied it, he would have claimed he never lost the book.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
conffessed
a) e
b) s
c) f
d) n
Show answer
c) f. Con is followed by fess with just one f.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Under questioning, the clerk sendfecos that he had changed the figures in the account book.
a) confessed
b) professed
c) concerned
d) confused
Show answer
a) confessed. Confused needs a u, professed a p and concerned an r; none of those letters is in the jumble.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A person who confesses to a mistake ____.
a) blames a friend
b) admits making it
c) hides it carefully
d) forgets it
Show answer
b) admits making it
2. In 'I must confess I have never seen snow', confess means ____.
a) promise firmly
b) admit honestly
c) pretend sadly
d) complain loudly
Show answer
b) admit honestly
