distrustful
If you’re suspicious, or uncertain whether you should believe something (or someone), you’re distrustful. If your dog is distrustful of clowns, she may growl every time she sees anyone wearing a big, red, rubber nose.
Whenever you experience a lack of trust, you’re distrustful. The word adds the prefix dis-, “not,” to trustful, or “full of trust.” If your cousin frequently tells tale tales, you will probably be distrustful when he claims that he recently met a famous movie star. And if that old wooden roller coaster at the amusement park looks rickety, you might be distrustful of its safety go ride the merry-go-round instead.
Definitions of distrustful
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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”-
Synonyms:
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incredulous
not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
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cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical
believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
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doubting, questioning, sceptical, skeptical
marked by or given to doubt
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green-eyed, jealous, overjealous
suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
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leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
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misogynic
(used of men) having deep-seated distrust of women
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oversuspicious
unduly suspicious
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Antonyms:
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trustful, trusting
inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust
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credulous
disposed to believe on little evidence
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confiding
willing to entrust personal matters
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unsuspecting, unsuspicious
not suspicious
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incredulous
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