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1 confidence
['konfidəns]1) (trust or belief in someone's ability: I have great confidence in you.) traust2) (belief and faith in one's own ability: She shows a great deal of confidence for her age.) sjálfstraust -
2 in confidence
(as a secret; confidentially: He told me the story in (strictest) confidence.) í trúnaði -
3 self-confidence
[self'konfidəns](belief or trust in one's own powers: You need plenty of self-confidence to be a good airline pilot.) sjálfstraust/-öryggi- self-confidently -
4 vote of confidence
(a vote taken to establish whether the government or other authority still has the majority's support for its policies.) traustsyfirlÿsing -
5 confide
(to tell one's private thoughts to someone: He confided in his brother; He confided his fears to his brother.) trúa fyrir- confident
- confidential
- confidentiality
- confidentially
- confiding
- confidingly
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6 mistrust
1. verb(to have no confidence or trust in.) vantreysta2. noun(lack of confidence in something.) vantraust- mistrustfully -
7 trust
1. verb1) (to have confidence or faith; to believe: She trusted (in) him.) treysta2) (to give (something to someone), believing that it will be used well and responsibly: I can't trust him with my car; I can't trust my car to him.) treysta/trúa fyrir3) (to hope or be confident (that): I trust (that) you had / will have a good journey.) vona, vera viss um (að)2. noun1) (belief or confidence in the power, reality, truth, goodness etc of a person or thing: The firm has a great deal of trust in your ability; trust in God.) traust, tiltrú2) (charge or care; responsibility: The child was placed in my trust.) umsjá3) (a task etc given to a person by someone who believes that they will do it, look after it etc well: He holds a position of trust in the firm.) ábyrgð4) (arrangement(s) by which something (eg money) is given to a person to use in a particular way, or to keep until a particular time: The money was to be held in trust for his children; ( also adjective) a trust fund) fjárhald5) (a group of business firms working together: The companies formed a trust.) samsteypa•- trustee- trustworthy
- trustworthiness
- trusty
- trustily
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8 assurance
1) (confidence: an air of assurance.) sjálfstraust, öryggi2) (a promise: He gave me his assurance that he would help.) loforð, fullvissun3) (insurance: life assurance.) trygging -
9 betray
[bi'trei]1) (to act disloyally or treacherously towards (especially a person who trusts one): He betrayed his own brother (to the enemy).) svíkja2) (to give away (a secret etc): Never betray a confidence!) svíkja; ljóstra upp3) (to show (signs of): Her pale face betrayed her fear.) sÿna•- betrayal- betrayer -
10 between you and me / between ourselves
(in confidence: Between you and me, I think he's rather nice.) okkar á milliEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > between you and me / between ourselves
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11 daunt
[do:nt](to make someone lose courage or confidence: I was quite daunted by the formidable task ahead of us.)- daunting -
12 deflate
[di'fleit]1) (to let gas out of (a tyre etc).) hleypa lofti úr2) (to reduce (a person's) importance, self-confidence etc: He was completely deflated by his failure.) draga úr• -
13 demoralise
(to take away the confidence and courage of: The army was demoralized by its defeat.) -
14 demoralize
(to take away the confidence and courage of: The army was demoralized by its defeat.) -
15 discourage
1) (to take away the confidence, hope etc of: His lack of success discouraged him.) draga kjark út2) (to try to prevent (by showing disapproval etc): She discouraged all his attempts to get to know her.) letja; fá e-n ofan af e-u3) ((with from) to persuade against: The rain discouraged him from going camping.) draga kjark úr• -
16 encourage
1) (to give support, confidence or hope to: The general tried to encourage the troops: You should not encourage him in his extravagance; I felt encouraged by his praise.) hvetja, telja kjark í2) (to urge (a person) to do something: You must encourage him to try again.) hvetja•- encouragingly
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17 insecure
[insi'kjuə]1) (unsure of oneself or lacking confidence: Whenever he was in a crowd of people he felt anxious and insecure.) óöruggur2) (not safe or firmly fixed: This chair-leg is insecure; an insecure lock.) ótraustur•- insecurity -
18 inspire
1) (to encourage by filling with eg confidence, enthusiasm etc: The players were inspired by the loyalty of their supporters and played better football than ever before.) hrífa; fylla hugmóði2) (to be the origin or source of a poetic or artistic idea: An incident in his childhood inspired the poem.) vera kveikjan að• -
19 morale
(the level of courage and confidence in eg an army, team etc: In spite of the defeat, morale was still high.) siðferðisþrek, baráttuvilji -
20 poise
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