talk+freely

  • 61loquacious — I adjective babbling, blabbing, chattering, chatty, communicative, copious in speech, disposed to talk freely, effusive, exuberant, flatulent, fluent, gabby, garrulous, garrulus, glib, gushy, informative, jabbering, long winded, longiloquent,… …

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  • 62nondirective — non·di·rec·tive .nän də rek tiv, (.)dī adj of, relating to, or being psychotherapy, counseling, or interviewing in which the counselor refrains from interpretation or explanation but encourages the client (as by repeating phrases) to talk freely …

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  • 63truth serum — n a hypnotic or anesthetic (as thiopental) held to induce a subject under questioning to talk freely * * * a misnomer for the drugs sometimes employed in narcoanalysis, especially amobarbital sodium and thiopental sodium; the agent used is not a… …

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  • 64projective test — a way of measuring aspects of personality, in which the subject is asked to talk freely about ambiguous objects. His responses are then analysed. Examples are the Rorschach test and the Thematic Apperception Test (in which the subject invents… …

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  • 65confide in — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. trust in, rely on, talk freely to, open one s heart to; see admit 2 , trust 1 …

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  • 66loosen someone's tongue — make someone talk freely. → loosen …

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  • 67loosen — verb 1》 make or become loose. 2》 make less strict.     ↘(loosen up) warm up in preparation for an activity. Phrases loosen someone s tongue make someone talk freely. Derivatives loosener noun …

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  • 68projective test — a way of measuring aspects of personality, in which the subject is asked to talk freely about ambiguous objects. His responses are then analysed. Examples are the Rorschach test and the Thematic Apperception Test (in which the subject invents… …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 69truth serum — truth′ se rum n. pha a drug, as the barbiturate thiopental sodium, considered to induce an inclination to talk freely and to reveal repressed or withheld information Also called truth′ drug . Etymology: 1920–25 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 70loosen someone's tongue — ► loosen someone s tongue make someone talk freely. Main Entry: ↑loosen …

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