trustful

/'trʌstful/

Thân thiện

A young child looks up at her mother with a trustful expression.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust: Describes a person who is naturally willing to believe others, place confidence in them, or accept things without suspicion.

Usage

• This adjective describes a person's character or disposition. It is often used to portray someone as innocent, gullible, or sincerely believing.
• It can be used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like "be" or "seem").

Examples

• Adjective:
  • She has a very trustful nature and always assumes people are telling the truth.
  • The child looked up at the stranger with trustful eyes.
  • It is hard to remain trustful after being deceived multiple times.

Advanced Usage

• "Trustful of": Having trust or confidence in someone or something.
  • He was remarkably trustful of his new business partners.
• "Trustful that": Feeling confident that something is true or will happen.
  • She was trustful that her friend would keep the secret.

Variants and Related Words

• Trustfully (adverb): In a trustful manner.
  • He nodded trustfully when she promised to return.
• Trustfulness (noun): The quality or state of being trustful.
  • Her trustfulness was both her greatest strength and her greatest vulnerability.

Synonyms

• Trusting: Having or showing trust.
• Credulous: Having too great a readiness to believe things, often implying a lack of critical judgment.
• Gullible: Easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.
• Unquestioning: Accepting something without doubt or suspicion.

Antonyms

• Distrustful: Feeling or showing distrust.
• Suspicious: Having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something.
• Cynical: Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
• Wary: Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• To take someone at their word: To believe exactly what someone says without question. This phrase describes a trustful action.
  • In a trustful gesture, she took him at his word.
• A leap of faith: An act of believing in or attempting something whose existence or outcome cannot be proved or known. This concept is related to being trustful.
  • Investing in the startup required a trustful leap of faith.

Học thuật

trustfulAdjectiveinclined to believe or confide readily; full of trustgreat brown eye, true and trustful- Nordhoff & Hall

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