trusting
- 1Ready to believe what others claim and quick to place confidence in them.
Like leaving your front door unlocked because you assume no one would ever walk in uninvited.
Her trusting nature made her an easy target for con artists.
He remained remarkably trusting even after several betrayals.
Similarcredulous, naive, unsuspecting, gullible, unsuspicious
Oppositesuspicious, distrustful, wary, cynical
- 2Present participle and gerund of trust.
By trusting the map, they found the hidden trail.
The committee is trusting the new data to guide its decision.
Note
The verb form keeps every construction of trust: trusting a guide, trusting in providence, trusting someone with a secret, trusting that the weather holds. After be it makes the progressive (the committee is trusting the data). As a gerund it acts as a noun (trusting strangers is risky). Tell it from the adjective for a believing nature by its object: the adjective takes none, and only the adjective accepts more and most.
She was trusting him with the keys to the house.
Trusting that the bridge would hold, they crossed in the dark.
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trusting is a form of trust
trust, verb: To have confidence in a person or thing and rely on their honesty, ability, or support; also, to be generally willing to believe and rely on others. Full entry
- Spelling
- trust → trusting: add -ing
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Origin
From Middle English trustyng (also trostinge, tristynge), equivalent to trust plus the suffix -ing.