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adjective
- 1. having or marked by a total belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone: "a trustful acceptance of authority"
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: full of trust : confiding. trustfully. ˈtrəst-fə-lē. adverb. trustfulness noun. Synonyms. confiding. trusting. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of trustful in a Sentence. a trustful child quietly sleeping, sure in the knowledge that his parents would be there when he woke.
adjective. characterized by a tendency or readiness to trust others. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. trustfully (ˈtrustfully) or trustingly (ˈtrustingly) adverb. trustfulness (ˈtrustfulness) or trustingness (ˈtrustingness) noun. Word Frequency. trustful in American English. (ˈtrʌstfəl ) adjective.
Trustful definition: full of trust; free of distrust, suspicion, or the like; confiding. See examples of TRUSTFUL used in a sentence.
Define trustful. trustful synonyms, trustful pronunciation, trustful translation, English dictionary definition of trustful. adj. Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust. trust′ful·ly adv. trust′ful·ness n.
Definitions of trustful. adjective. inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust. “"great brown eye, true and trustful "- Nordhoff & Hall”. synonyms: trusting. credulous. disposed to believe on little evidence. confiding. willing to entrust personal matters.
assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something; one in which confidence is placed… See the full definition
Trustful definition: Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust.
A complete guide to the word "TRUSTFUL": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
The earliest known use of the adjective trustful is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for trustful is from 1560, in a translation by John Heywood, playwright and epigrammatist. trustful is formed within English, by derivation.
to believe that someone is good and honest and will not harm you, or that something is safe and reliable: My sister warned me not to trust him. Trust me - I know about these things. Trust your instincts, and do what you think is right. I don't trust air travel - it's unnatural. [ + obj + to infinitive ] I trust him to make the right decision.
