Confiding
adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The telling of something in confidence.
"We see Washington by the fireside, upon the farm, amid the interchanges of friendship and ordinary confidings, and as a citizen, as well as in the sphere of military contest, in the senate, or as a diplomatist[…]"
- 1 present participle and gerund of confide form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 Having or showing confidence or trust in another person.
"Effingham was by nature indolent, confiding, and, at times, impetuous and indiscreet; but Marmaduke was uniformly equable, penetrating, and full of activity and enterprise."
- 2 In confidence; as if with trust.
"Sir, they must surely entertain a higher opinion of the credulity of this house, than -- even their recent experience can justify, if they think that their confiding talent will be carried to this length."
- 3 Of a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.
- 1 willing to entrust personal matters wordnet
Example
More examples"Hour after hour in hope he bore,nor might his soul its faith give o'er; nor could the tyrant's scorn deriding, steal from that faith one thought confiding!"
Etymology
By surface analysis, confide + -ing.
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