distrustful
AdjectiveUS[dih-struhst-fuhl]/dɪˈstrʌstfəl/3 syllables
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Adjective (1)
- having or showing distrust“a man of distrustful nature”“my experience … in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally — B.N.Cardozo”“vigilant and distrustful superintendence — Thomas Jefferson”Opposite trustfulSimilar leery, jealous, doubting, cynical, oversuspicious, misogynicSee also incredulous
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Dis·trust′ful adjective
1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.
Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks.— Alexander Pope
2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. Robert Boyle
— Dis·trust′wb-a1′>′ful·ly, adverb — Dis·trust′wb-a1′>′ful·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54