confiding

[ kuhn-fahy-ding ]

/ kənˈfaɪ dɪŋ /

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adjective

trustful; credulous or unsuspicious: a confiding nature.

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Origin of confiding

First recorded in 1635–45; confide + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM confiding

con·fid·ing·ly, adverbcon·fid·ing·ness, nounnon·con·fid·ing, adjectiveun·con·fid·ing, adjective

Words nearby confiding

confidente, confidential, confidential communication, confidential informant, confidentiality, confiding, configurate, configuration, configurationism, configure, confine

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How to use confiding in a sentence

Best recalls a grieving father confiding that a visit let him unlock the emotional door trapping his family in grief.
David Best Creates a Temple Made of Memories Outside San Francisco|Debra A. Klein|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But if a fellow soldier or football player watches, that might be an opening to risk confiding, and forging a ‘safe’ friend.
Michael Sam Is Not a ‘Distraction’|Dave Cullen|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Steve, she plays Mary Magdalene Horowitz, an excitable loser who spends her days confiding in her only friend—a pet hamster.
Oscar Nominees’ Most Embarrassing Roles: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and More|Marlow Stern|February 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He quoted Hernandez as confiding to relatives that he had “done a bad thing and killed a child in New York.”
Justice Delayed: Did the NYPD Blow the Etan Patz Case?|Michael Daly|May 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Tough as it may be to conjure, even dentists report that their patients are confiding when their mouths are unencumbered.
The New Pseudo-Shrinks|Beth Landman|March 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Confiding in the accustomed largess and kindness of your Majesty, we shall say no more.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Confiding these matters to his "Diary" and keeping his own opinion, Mr. Adams passed on to Philadelphia.
The Eve of the Revolution|Carl Becker
Mme. Vauquer gave her every attention, confiding all her own affairs to her.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
It made him very unhappy and more chary in future of confiding his plans to his friends.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky

British Dictionary definitions for confiding

confiding

/ (kənˈfaɪdɪŋ) /

adjective

unsuspicious; trustful

Derived forms of confiding

confidingly, adverbconfidingness, noun

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