English Explanatory Dictionary

confiding

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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
  1. The telling of something in confidence.

Pronunciation

/kənˈfaɪdɪŋ/

Word forms

confiding more confiding most confiding confidings

Etymology

By surface analysis, confide + -ing.

Derived words

confidingly confidingness self-confiding unconfiding
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