confiding

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of confide

Adj

1. Having or showing confidence or trust in another person.
2. In confidence; as if with trust.
3. Of a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.

Noun

The telling of something in confidence.

confide

1. (archaic, intransitive) To trust, have faith (in).
2. (dated, transitive) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
3. (intransitive) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To say (something) in confidence.

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Synonyms

trusting

credible

exploitable

fearless

gullible

trustful

unsuspecting

without doubt

relying on

not sullen

confident

gullish

Translations

crédulo

crèdul

anvertrauend

leichtgläubig

vertrauend

vertrauensvoll

confiant

crédule

credulo

credulone

lichtgelovig

crédulo

crédula

herşeye inanan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈfaɪdɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, confide + -ing.