confessive

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adjective

Confessing; constituting a confession or admission.

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Meanings

adjectiveconfessive (comparative more confessive, superlative most confessive)

comparative more confessive · superlative most confessive

  1. rareConfessing; constituting a confession or admission.

    ‘No, no. No sugar, thank you,’ said Smiley with a confessive grin.

    1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 197

Origin

From confess + -ive.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with confessive

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APA

confessive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confessive

MLA

“confessive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confessive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “confessive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confessive.

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