trusting
/ˈtrʌstɪŋ
/adjective
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 a shy and trusting child...
- They are losing faith in democracy, are increasingly disillusioned with the opposition, but at the same time, appear to be more trusting of the government.
- He had standards, but he was the most trusting of comedians.
- I think what's happened has made me less trusting of men.
Synonyms
trustful, unsuspicious, unquestioning, unsuspecting, unguarded, unwary;
naive, innocent, childlike, ingenuous, wide-eyed, credulous, gullible, easily taken in, easily deceived
Derivatives
trustingly
/ adverb ...- We tend to assume, trustingly, that chilled products are more like home-made food; they're somehow less tampered with, less additive-laden because they have a shorter use-by date and feel cool to the touch.
- The recipe, which he trustingly didn't patent, has been widely imitated.
- Tea and coffee making facilities were also available in the house, which he trustingly left open.
trustingness
- He gazed into the man's compassionate eyes in helpless, naked trustingness, and then he wriggled closer to rest his head in the man's lap, and with that, he fell asleep.
- It relates to a characteristic I possessed, which might be called trustingness - if there is such a word.
- Little boys could still see the purity of Jesus’ smile and responded with enthusiasm and compassion as only the openness and trustingness of a child can.