- confiding
- adjective Date: 1797 tending to confide ; trustful • confidingly adverb • confidingness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
confiding
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confiding — confiding; un·confiding; … English syllables
Confiding — Con*fid ing, a. That confides; trustful; unsuspicious. {Con*fid ing*ly}, adv. {Con*fid ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
confiding — index intimate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
confiding — [kən fīd′iŋ] adj. trustful or inclined to trust confidingly adv … English World dictionary
Confiding — Confide Con*fide , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Confided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confiding}.] [L. confidere; con + fidere to trust. See {Faith}, and cf. {Affiance}.] To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; usually followed by in; as, the prince… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
confiding — confidingly, adv. confidingness, n. /keuhn fuy ding/, adj. trustful; credulous or unsuspicious: a confiding nature. [1635 45; CONFIDE + ING2] * * * … Universalium
confiding — con|fid|ing [kənˈfaıdıŋ] adj behaving in a way that shows you want to tell someone about something that is private or secret ▪ Her tone was suddenly confiding. >confidingly adv ▪ He leant forward confidingly … Dictionary of contemporary English
confiding — adjective behaving in a way that shows you want to tell someone about something that is private or secret: She allowed a confiding note to enter her voice. confidingly adverb: She spoke gaily, innocently, and confidingly … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
confiding — adjective willing to entrust personal matters (Freq. 1) first she was suspicious, then she became confiding • Similar to: ↑trustful, ↑trusting … Useful english dictionary
confiding — adjective In confidence; as if with trust … Wiktionary
