Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Trustful; confiding.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful.
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- verb Present participle of
trust .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust
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Examples
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You begin by what you call trusting a friend, that is, aiding him to self-destruction -- buying him arsenic to clear his complexion -- you end by dragging all near you into your own abyss, as a drowning man would clutch at his own brother.
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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You begin by what you call trusting a friend, that is, aiding him to self-destruction -- buying him arsenic to clear his complexion -- you end by dragging all near you into your own abyss, as a drowning man would clutch at his own brother.
What Will He Do with It? — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Where I differ with him is in trusting Senator Mitchell to do the right thing.
Matthew Yglesias » Foxman: Mitchell is “Fair” and I’m Unhappy About It 2009
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On the other hand, a longtime friend of mine who went to university and graduate school and who is a PHD with an IQ of over 200, has very patiently explained to me that I'm utterly dumb, gullible and lacking any sense or understanding that it was my own stupid behavior in trusting my ex-husband and his cronies for 8 years that got me into trouble.
Martin Lewis: "Bankrupt & Clap-Ridden": The Ultimate 'Dear Abbey' Letter From Jack-Ass America Martin Lewis 2010
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Since the husband can still cheat without you, the only genuine reassurance available to her is in trusting her husband again.
Carolyn Hax: Husband strayed, and wife keeps questioning other woman Carolyn Hax 2010
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On the other hand, a longtime friend of mine who went to university and graduate school and who is a PHD with an IQ of over 200, has very patiently explained to me that I'm utterly dumb, gullible and lacking any sense or understanding that it was my own stupid behavior in trusting my ex-husband and his cronies for 8 years that got me into trouble.
Martin Lewis: "Bankrupt & Clap-Ridden": The Ultimate 'Dear Abbey' Letter From Jack-Ass America Martin Lewis 2010
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On the other hand, a longtime friend of mine who went to university and graduate school and who is a PHD with an IQ of over 200, has very patiently explained to me that I'm utterly dumb, gullible and lacking any sense or understanding that it was my own stupid behavior in trusting my ex-husband and his cronies for 8 years that got me into trouble.
Martin Lewis: "Bankrupt & Clap-Ridden": The Ultimate 'Dear Abbey' Letter From Jack-Ass America Martin Lewis 2010
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On the other hand, a longtime friend of mine who went to university and graduate school and who is a PHD with an IQ of over 200, has very patiently explained to me that I'm utterly dumb, gullible and lacking any sense or understanding that it was my own stupid behavior in trusting my ex-husband and his cronies for 8 years that got me into trouble.
Martin Lewis: "Bankrupt & Clap-Ridden": The Ultimate 'Dear Abbey' Letter From Jack-Ass America Martin Lewis 2010
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On the other hand, a longtime friend of mine who went to university and graduate school and who is a PHD with an IQ of over 200, has very patiently explained to me that I'm utterly dumb, gullible and lacking any sense or understanding that it was my own stupid behavior in trusting my ex-husband and his cronies for 8 years that got me into trouble.
Martin Lewis: "Bankrupt & Clap-Ridden": The Ultimate 'Dear Abbey' Letter From Jack-Ass America Martin Lewis 2010
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On the other hand, a longtime friend of mine who went to university and graduate school and who is a PHD with an IQ of over 200, has very patiently explained to me that I'm utterly dumb, gullible and lacking any sense or understanding that it was my own stupid behavior in trusting my ex-husband and his cronies for 8 years that got me into trouble.
Martin Lewis: "Bankrupt & Clap-Ridden": The Ultimate 'Dear Abbey' Letter From Jack-Ass America Martin Lewis 2010
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