confiding

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   present participle and gerund of confide

2. 2

   Having or showing confidence or trust in another person.

   • Effingham was by nature indolent, confiding, and, at times, impetuous and indiscreet; but Marmaduke was uniformly equable, penetrating, and full of activity and enterprise.
   • Those eyes especially struck Eugene, and when he thought of Liza he always saw those clear, mild, confiding eyes.
   • Not having a confiding relationship with one's husband was, however, associated with elevated risk for symptoms of anxiety.
3. 3

   In confidence

   In confidence; as if with trust.

   • Sir, they must surely entertain a higher opinion of the credulity of this house, than -- even their recent experience can justify, if they think that their confiding talent will be carried to this length.
   • It might be sufficient, perhaps, to refer only to that trait of frank, confiding generosity, which could overlook all injuries and embrace even former enemies as friends ; as in the case of Saul above referred to ;
   • Juliet raised her eyes with confiding tenderness ; there was no interrogation in their glance, yet Montague wished to speak ; his heart was too full for words.
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   1. 4

      Of a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.

   2. 5

      The telling of something in confidence.

      • We see Washington by the fireside, upon the farm, amid the interchanges of friendship and ordinary confidings, and as a citizen, as well as in the sphere of military contest, in the senate, or as a diplomatist[…]

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