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trustful

American  
[truhst-fuhl] / ˈtrʌst fəl /

adjective

  1. full of trust; free of distrust, suspicion, or the like; confiding.

    a trustful friend.
trustful British  
/ ˈtrʌstfʊl /

adjective

  1. characterized by a tendency or readiness to trust others

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Other Word Forms

  • overtrustful adjective
  • overtrustfully adverb
  • overtrustfulness noun
  • trustfully adverb
  • trustfulness noun
  • untrustful adjective
  • untrustfully adverb

Etymology

Origin of trustful

First recorded in 1570–80; trust + -ful

Example Sentences

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“Cronkite thought it wouldn’t be in the public interest to be too trustful of any specific media source,” Socolow said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

The Kremlin said on Thursday it was making immediate preparations for a Budapest summit after what it called the "extremely frank and trustful" Putin-Trump call.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

The Kremlin said work on the summit would begin "immediately" after the "extremely frank and trustful" call.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

He did a film called "Happiness," and just the humor in it is so bleak and dark and trustful.

From Salon • May 14, 2023

Sam felt a bit remorseful, though not more trustful.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

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