Confiding and Untrusting

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Confiding adjective - Having or showing trust in another.

Usage example: a very confiding child who is a little too eager to trust total strangers

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Untrusting is an antonym for confiding.

Untrusting adjective - Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.

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Confiding is an antonym for untrusting.

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Untrusting and Confiding. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/confiding/untrusting

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