confiding

[kuhn-fahy-ding]

adjective

1. trustful; credulous or unsuspicious.

   a confiding nature.

confiding

/ kənˈfaɪdɪŋ /

adjective

1. unsuspicious; trustful

Other Word Forms

• confidingly adverb
• confidingness noun
• nonconfiding adjective
• unconfiding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of confiding¹

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

Example Sentences

They were comfortable confiding in one another to the point of calling the war “already a lost cause for Germany,” as Kiep put it.

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Five years later, the house hit the market again, with the homeowners confiding to Brettler that it was “a very difficult house.”

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He tried to reach out for help at Loyola, even confiding in his coach about his feelings.

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It’s confiding in a friend because you think they’ll support you.

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It was the best part of a couple of years ago, and a senior government figure was confiding in me about listening in on a call between the then prime minister and President Biden.

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