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confiding

American  
[kuhn-fahy-ding] / kənˈfaɪ dɪŋ /

adjective

  1. trustful; credulous or unsuspicious.

    a confiding nature.
confiding British  
/ kənˈfaɪdɪŋ /

adjective

  1. unsuspicious; trustful

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Etymology

Origin of confiding

First recorded in 1635–45; confide + -ing 2

Example Sentences

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Neither Party shall disclose, reproduce, disseminate, use, or permit any third party to disclose, reproduce, disseminate, or use any Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Confiding Party.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Confiding and self-deprecating, she has a way of always managing to sound like your best friend – even when writing about her apartment on New York’s Upper West Side.

From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2019

Confiding in friends and family, even therapists and counsellors, wasn't fruitful.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2018

Confiding in a close friend, or even a therapist, would do a lot of the work.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2016

Confiding in these assurances, Captain Barker went into his cabin, where he was employed in arranging some papers which he intended to take on shore with him.

From Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. by Anonymous

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