[
US
/ˈtɹəstɪd/
]
[ UK /tɹˈʌstɪd/ ]
[ UK /tɹˈʌstɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
a sure (or trusted) friend
How To Use trusted In A Sentence
- A few days after, they brought the intelligence that Barbarina had returned; and the councillor dwelt with her in her new house; and the servants were commanded to call the signora Madame Cocceji. as she was his well-beloved and trusted wife. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends
- Outwardly tough, aloof and cynical, she does a good deal of nail-chewing and fiddling with a cigarette as she decides whether Jack can be trusted.
- Man, these people are just too stupid to be trusted with appointments - and too timorous to deserve to a university position from which to dribble out the contents of their weak little minds.
- This requires that the public and lawmakers have confidence that those entrusted to uphold the law will comply with it themselves, both on and off duty. Times, Sunday Times
- He has brain-trusted the major corporation.
- He speculates about the personal stories of strangers in bars and offers up tales of his childhood with the ease of a trusted friend.
- His overall appearance was that of a shifty man who couldn't be trusted.
- He was close to MacDonald and trusted him to respect the constitution.
- The idea here is that the person is fully capable of the task and can be trusted to complete it. Christianity Today
- Quite the reverse, these become the trusted friends that truly understand and can be of real help in time of trouble.