No Matter How You Say It: Trustworthiness

Word Origin

Trustworthy is being worthy of trust.  The origin of the word trust is from Middle English < Old Norse traust trust (cognate with German Trost comfort); Can you see how you can be comfortable with something you trust?

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Sign Language

Trust – https://www.handspeak.com/word/search/index.php?id=2270
Mistrustful – https://www.handspeak.com/word/search/index.php?id=4606

Can you see where trust is solid and dependable but mistrust is something you want to keep away from?

Trustworthy Idioms

• Be a man/woman of your word
• Be a person of honor
• Be a pillar of the community
• Be a role model
• Be a safe pair of hands
• Be above reproach
• Be as good as your word
• Be as solid as a rock
• Be honest as the day is long
• Be like a beacon of hope
• Be like a cornerstone
• Be like a fortress
• Be like a guardian angel
• Be like a guardian of truth
• Be like a knight in shining armor
• Be like a lighthouse
• Be like a safe haven
• Be like a shining star
• Be open and transparent
• Be someone who is always there for you
• Be someone who puts others first
• Be someone who stands up for what is right
• Be someone who walks the walk
• Be someone who will always do the right thing
• Be someone who you can always trust
• Be the salt of the earth
• Be worthy of trust
• Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice shame on me
• Have a clean conscience
• Have a good reputation
• Have integrity
• I wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them
• Take my word for it

In Other Languages

Spanish – confiable

French – digne de confiance

German – vertrauenswürdig

Italian – affidabile

Swedish – pålitlig

Basque – fidagarria

Portugese – confiável