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intimate English

Meaning intimate meaning

What does intimate mean?
Definitions in simple English

intimate Adjective

— If something is intimate, it is very personal. — If two people are intimate, they are in a sexual relationship.

intimate Noun

— if somebody is your intimate, he/she is your very close friend.

intimate

— adjective marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity intimate friend intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles — V.L. Parrington — verb (= insinuate) give to understand I insinuated that I did not like his wife — verb (= suggest) imply as a possibility The evidence suggests a need for more clarification — adjective (= familiar) having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship on familiar terms pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders — adjective (= cozy, informal) having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere had a cozy chat a relaxed informal manner an intimate cocktail lounge the small room was cozy and intimate — adjective (= sexual) involved in a sexual relationship the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife she had been intimate with many men he touched her intimate parts — adjective (= knowledgeable) thoroughly acquainted through study or experience this girl, so intimate with nature — W.H.Hudson knowledgeable about the technique of painting — Herbert Read — noun (= confidant) someone to whom private matters are confided — adjective (= inner, internal) innermost or essential the inner logic of Cubism the internal contradictions of the theory the intimate structure of matter

Synonyms intimate synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as intimate?

intimate English » English

close familiar hint suggest imply insinuate indicate friendly dear private cozy confidant informal inform personal near intimate 1 inmost habituate friend cordial bosom be familiar be accustomed allude to acquaint tight thick sexual profound notify kind hint at gracious comrade close friend amiable very close versed trusted to be very familiar to be closely acquainted thorough tender tell sociable snug secret point make known

Topics intimate topics

What do people use intimate to talk about?
Social behavior Relationships

Friend

Conjugation intimate conjugation

How do you conjugate intimate?

intimate · verb

Examples intimate examples

How do I use intimate in a sentence?

Simple sentences

That topic is too intimate to share with casual acquaintances.
This party is an intimate gathering.
Intimate photos were stolen from many celebrities' phones.
During my long and intimate acquaintance with Mr. Sherlock Holmes I had never heard him refer to his relations, and hardly ever to his own early life.
We're intimate friends.

Movie subtitles

Constanza have a wonderful range of perforated corsets which allow moisture to escape and evaporate naturally. This reduces body temperature and preserves intimate freshness.
One can't get intimate just offhand.
But I was an intimate friend of Professor Morlant.
Countess Zaleska, I want you to know Jeffrey Garth, one of my most intimate friends.
Just my intimate friends.
Well, at one time you were on fairly intimate terms with him.
He'll introduce you to the Lords as intimate friends of Junius.
Yes, an intimate day with a society bride.
I had to be alone with you, and this is very intimate.
And from what I'm looking at, intimate is the stud muffin's middle name. Tell me, you're nervous in the service?
Some of those who had been most intimate with him. appeared after a time to shun him.
We were quite intimate.
Miss Schmidt, you were intimate with Lime, weren't you?
To intimate anything else spells a paranoiac insecurity that you should be ashamed of.
And if I seem to touch on matters that are how shall I say it, too intimate, you must forgive me it is because of my duty.
I always feel a fellow can talk about things that are close and intimate to him when he's with a guy who. well.who understands.
Now Kemp is able to have a more intimate discussion with Flora.
Well, you are Mr. Murdstone. Mr. Dick, an old and intimate friend.
Such intimate things about me?
The intimate journal of Miss Vale, spinster.
You don't think this is a little intimate, do you?
Aside from this activity intimate family life can be seen taking place on the street everyday.
An intimate family scene.
My dear, we were intimate.
If he gets intimate I'll kill him!
You forget. I read her intimate correspondence.
Now I'm supposed to imagine an intimate little supper with Windermere pouring out all his confidences as well as the champagne?
Intimate, isn't it?

News and current affairs

Neither the Israeli government nor its intimate ally in the White House can be expected to applaud the Iraq Study Group's call for a repetition of that logic, for it contradicts everything the Bush administration has championed.
England in 1820 was governed by a corrupt oligarchy that exercised power in intimate collaboration with a national religious establishment.
In the physical world, governments have a near-monopoly on large-scale use of force, the defender has an intimate knowledge of the terrain, and attacks end because of attrition or exhaustion.
How did dogs achieve such an intimate position in our lives?
All it means is that, if we want to live harmoniously with another species in our most intimate places, we must recognize that some of the time our preferred modes of reasoning are not theirs.
Hong Kong, linked physically to the mainland, provides a more intimate case study for China's people to watch and one day follow.
Khrushchev had, of course, been an intimate part of Stalin's repressions, but he also didn't know half of what was going on.
It is an intimate part of their family stories.
What was striking during this European championship was the intimate collegiality between opposing players.
Communism never stopped Arab regimes opposed by the United States from accepting arms supplies from the Soviet-era Russians, but it did prevent Russia from securing the kind of intimate influence that America had secured with its regional allies.
Given their intimate knowledge of the university, alumni are also the most effective leaders.
Every once in a while, of course, unsolicited messages and ads that happen to be mysteriously related to our most intimate habits intrude.
Women who have embraced these findings report that relations with the men in their lives become much smoother and, paradoxically, more intimate.
How did dogs achieve such an intimate position in our lives? One theory is that, in the thousands of years that dogs have lived with humans, they have become attuned to human ways of thinking.
As soon it was known that he had an intimate relationship with a former fashion model, he decided to marry her, avoiding any further embarrassment.
Intimate ties with a revitalized European Union remain vital to the global projection of Western values and interests.

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