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adjectivetrustful; credulous or unsuspicious: a confiding nature. Origin of confidingFirst recorded in 1635–45; confide + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM confidingcon·fid·ing·ly, adverbcon·fid·ing·ness, nounnon·con·fid·ing, adjectiveun·con·fid·ing, adjectiveWords nearby confidingconfidente, confidential, confidential communication, confidential informant, confidentiality, confiding, configurate, configuration, configurationism, configure, confine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for confidingIn Steve, she plays Mary Magdalene Horowitz, an excitable loser who spends her days confiding in her only friend—a pet hamster. Oscar Nominees’ Most Embarrassing Roles: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and More|Marlow Stern|February 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST He quoted Hernandez as confiding to relatives that he had “done a bad thing and killed a child in New York.” Justice Delayed: Did the NYPD Blow the Etan Patz Case?|Michael Daly|May 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST Tough as it may be to conjure, even dentists report that their patients are confiding when their mouths are unencumbered. The New Pseudo-Shrinks|Beth Landman|March 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST In his Fireside Chats, FDR spoke to some 60 million or more Americans as if he were confiding frankly to a single friend. Obama's Speech and the Burden of History|Harold Evans|January 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Let us take advantage of her confiding innocence—that will be best! The Daughter of an Empress|Louise Muhlbach It looked absorbed and anxious, nor did she mince matters nor hesitate in confiding them. Selina|George Madden Martin He is of handsome appearance, bold disposition, and confiding habits. Glimpses of Indian Birds|Douglas Dewar Confiding Scotch went out to play with the burro and was kicked. The Story of Scotch|Enos A. Mills Her sentiments towards him were compounded of all that was respectful, grateful, confiding, and tender. Mansfield Park|Jane Austen
British Dictionary definitions for confidingDerived forms of confidingconfidingly, adverbconfidingness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to confidingdisclose, reveal, whisper, confess, impart, admit, suggest, hand over, breathe, intimate, hint, insinuate, buzz, tell, commend, relegate, bestow, consign, charge, delegate |