confiding

[ kuhn-fahy-ding ]
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adjective

  1. trustful; credulous or unsuspicious: a confiding nature.

Origin of confiding

1
First recorded in 1635–45; confide + -ing2

Other words from confiding

  • con·fid·ing·ly, adverb
  • con·fid·ing·ness, noun
  • non·con·fid·ing, adjective
  • un·con·fid·ing, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for confiding

confiding

/ (kənˈfaɪdɪŋ) /

adjective

  1. unsuspicious; trustful

Derived forms of confiding

  • confidingly, adverb
  • confidingness, noun

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