Word Meanings - OVERCONFIDENCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.
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- CONFIDENCE
1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in - TRUSTEE
A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects - TRUSTY
1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak. 2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm. His trusty sword he called to his - GREAT-HEARTED
1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble. - GREAT-GRANDFATHER
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. - TRUST COMPANY
Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business. - GREAT-GRANDSON
A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. - GREAT-HEARTEDNESS
The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity. - TRUSTLESS
That may not be trusted; not worthy of trust; unfaithful. -- Trust"less*ness, n. - TRUSTING
Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful. -- Trust"ing*ly, adv. - GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother. - GREATLY
1. In a great degree; much. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow. Gen. iii. 16. 2. Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously. By a high fate thou greatly didst expire. Dryden. - GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER
A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter. - GREAT-GRANDCHILD
The child of one's grandson or granddaughter. - GREATNESS
1. The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc. 2. Pride; haughtiness. It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships. Bacon. - TRUSTER
One who makes a trust; -- the correlative of trustee. (more info) 1. One who trusts, or credits. - GREAT
great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length. 2. Large in number; - EXCESSIVE
Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. Excessive grief the enemy to the living. Shak. Syn. -- Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly, - TRUSTEE PROCESS
The process of attachment by garnishment. - RELIANCE
1. The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority. In reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value. Macaulay. 2. - SELF-TRUST
Faith in one's self; self-reliance. - INGREAT
To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby. - MISTRUSTLESS
Having no mistrust or suspicion. The swain mistrustless of his smutted face. Goldsmith. - DISTRUSTLESS
Free from distrust. Shenstone. - SELF-CONFIDENCE
The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance. A feeling of self-confidence which supported and sustained him. Beaconsfield. - OVERTRUST
Excessive confidence. - SELF-RELIANCE
Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust. - UNTRUST
Distrust. Chaucer.