intimate
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˈɪntɪmət/
- NSFW
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íntimo
- I knew their names, their individual characters, if not the intimate details of their daily lives.
- intimate details
- share intimate details
- intimate secrets
And it is my most vulnerable intimate thoughts put out there.
- And it is my most vulnerable intimate thoughts put out there.
- This all sounds very extreme and very personal and intimate, and that's because it is.
- She said, were you and Lance ever intimate?
- And I feel like that's too intimate to put it out there, if that makes sense.
- And in their mind, kissing was more intimate than giving a blowjob.
- So then, he says, anguish is something far deeper, more intimate and more spiritual than just suffering.
- You know, we have intimate scenes, we have sex scenes.
- Either way, it it starts a pattern of constant rejection of that man's intimate advances, right.
- Kathy gave us an intimate look into what she does to get high.
- Protected from sexuality and the desires of, you know, having some sort of intimate relation with his love.
Examples
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An experiment here is because this is such a personal and intimate piece of technology.
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Do you mind if I ask you something intimate?
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And like we trust people that we have an, an intimate knowledge of.
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So whatever they each have is something intimate about that game for them.
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Making the space for kind of physical and intimate time.
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Something so intimate, so personal...
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The women were often very open about sharing insights and intimate information about themselves.
Academic text (1997) -
This all sounds very extreme and very personal and intimate, and that's because it is.
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I realized I hadn't really noticed her before, despite the intimate nature of our encounter.
Fiction book (1997) -
She shared her most intimate thoughts with her best friend during their late-night conversation.
Synonyms
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3.5
Relating to physical attraction, desire, or intimate acts between people
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2.2
Not shared with others about a person's life or feelings
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2.7
Relating to a person's body, such as hygiene or care
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5.6
A person trusted to handle secret information
Antonyms
Compounds
How Private
Surface Forms
Etymology
Intimate comes from the Latin root intimus, meaning 'inmost' or 'within'. Because it originally meant the very 'inside' part of life, intimate now describes very private or sexual matters and parts of the body.