confiding
(adjective) willing to entrust personal matters; “first she was suspicious, then she became confiding”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
confiding
present participle of confide
confiding (comparative more confiding, superlative most confiding)
Having or showing confidence or trust in another person.
In confidence; as if with trust.
(Birding) Of a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.
confiding (plural confidings)
The telling of something in confidence.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*fid"ing, a.
Definition: That confides; trustful; unsuspicious.
– Con*fid"ing*ly, adv.
– Con*fid"ing*ness, n.
Con*fide", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Confided; p.pr. & vb.n. Confiding.] Etym: [L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust. See Faith, and cf. Affiance.]
Definition: To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers. By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. Byron. Judge before friendships, then confide till death. Young.
Con*fide", v. t.
Definition: To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to. Congress may . . . confide to the Circuit jurisdiction of all offenses against the United States. Story.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
