trustingtrust‧ing /ˈtrʌstɪŋ/ adjective - Elderly people are often taken advantage of because they are too trusting.
- She had an innocent, trusting nature, and I worried about how she'd cope in the big city.
- Sometimes you're too trusting. You shouldn't lend money to anyone who says they need it.
- A lot of the characters in the play have very trusting natures, and this invariably leads to their downfall.
- Andrew sat close to her, immensely sad and trusting, as though she was his refuge.
- The atmosphere in the team is trusting and co-operative.
- Unless confidences are shared within a trusting team, problems often fester and subsequently explode.
- Unsuspecting, and being a decent, trusting sort of man, I foolishly agreed to tag along and help.
words for describing someone who always trusts other people► trusting always trusting other people, especially when this means you can be easily tricked: · Sometimes you're too trusting. You shouldn't lend money to anyone who says they need it.· She had an innocent, trusting nature, and I worried about how she'd cope in the big city.
► naïve always trusting other people, especially when this means you are easily tricked - use this especially about people who are young or do not have much experience: · At the time, I was very naïve and truly believed that our leaders were people of great ability and intellect. · Rogers isn't naïve enough to think that his film will rake in money, but he thinks it will be well-received.
► trusting relationship a loving and trusting relationship NOUN► relationship· Just as happy people create their own inclination towards further happiness, so trusting relationships create further trust.· The Profitboss. genuinely cares for his customers and develops sound trusting relationships with them over a long period of time.· And that's what it's all about really: a loving, trusting relationship.· Fiercer invertebrates which came to the moss jungles to prey on this grazing population, could not indulge in such trusting relationships.
adjectivetrustingtrustworthy ≠ untrustworthytrustydistrustfulmistrustfulnountrust ≠ distrust ≠ mistrusttrusteetrusteeshiptrustworthinessverbtrust ≠ distrust ≠ mistrust