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单词 confiding
释义

confiding

adjective

con·​fid·​ing kən-ˈfī-diŋ How to pronounce confiding (audio)
: tending to confide : trustful
confidingly
kən-ˈfī-diŋ-lē How to pronounce confiding (audio)
adverb
confidingness noun

Synonyms

  • trustful
  • trusting
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Example Sentences

He spoke in a confiding voice. They've developed a very confiding relationship over the years.

Word History

Etymology

from present participle of confide

First Known Use

1797, in the meaning defined above

confiding 1 of 2

adjective

as in trusting
having or showing trust in another a very confiding child who is a little too eager to trust total strangers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • trusting
  • trustful
  • naive
  • confident
  • innocent
  • guileless
  • simple
  • credulous
  • hopeful
  • childlike
  • believing
  • artless
  • gullible
  • unsophisticated
  • convinced
  • accepting
  • unsuspicious
  • naïve
  • dependent
  • secure
  • unsuspecting
  • reliant
  • overconfident
  • gullable
  • unquestioning
  • unwary
  • certain
  • sure

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • distrustful
  • doubtful
  • doubting
  • mistrustful
  • untrusting
  • incredulous
  • wary
  • unconvinced
  • disbelieving
  • uncertain
  • undecided
  • unbelieving
  • suspicious
  • unpersuaded
  • unsure
  • hesitant
  • skeptical
  • trustless
  • dubious
  • leery
  • leary
  • oversuspicious
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confiding

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verb

present participle of confide
as in leaving
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another the local SPCA was looking for homes for a number of exotic animals confided to its care

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • leaving
  • handing
  • giving
  • transferring
  • trusting
  • delegating
  • entrusting
  • commending
  • passing
  • relinquishing
  • delivering
  • recommending
  • transmitting
  • reposing
  • intrusting
  • granting
  • committing
  • loaning
  • consigning
  • lending
  • vesting
  • conferring
  • giving over
  • submitting
  • assigning
  • turning over
  • handing over
  • dividing
  • bequeathing
  • distributing
  • dispensing
  • furnishing
  • surrendering
  • dispersing
  • willing
  • supplying
  • yielding
  • releasing
  • advancing
  • turning in
  • handing in
  • handing down
  • dealing (out)
  • recommitting
  • retransmitting
  • handing on
  • retransferring
  • redelivering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • keeping
  • holding
  • retaining
  • withholding
  • possessing
  • reserving
  • owning
  • receiving
  • accepting
  • taking
  • detaining
  • occupying
  • holding back
  • taking in
  • taking over
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