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trusting adjective [ ˈtrʌstɪŋ ]

• showing or tending to have a belief in a person's honesty or sincerity; not suspicious.
• "it is foolish to be too trusting of other people"
Similar: trustful, unsuspicious, unquestioning, unsuspecting, unguarded, unwary, naive, innocent, childlike, ingenuous, wide-eyed, credulous, gullible, easily taken in, easily deceived,
Opposite: distrustful, suspicious, cynical,

trust verb

• believe in the reliability, truth, or ability of.
• "I should never have trusted her"
Similar: have faith in, put/place one's trust in, have (every) confidence in, believe in, pin one's hopes/faith on, rely on, depend on, bank on, count on, be sure of, be convinced by, swear by, confide in,
Opposite: distrust, mistrust, doubt,
• allow credit to (a customer).
• "all persons are forbid to trust sailors"
Origin: Middle English: from Old Norse traust, from traustr ‘strong’; the verb from Old Norse treysta, assimilated to the noun.


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