distrustful (a)

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type a
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def having or showing distrust
examples 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
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Also see incredulous
Derivationally related form distrustful → distrustfulness
Antonym distrustful → trustful
Similar to cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical; doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical; jealous, green-eyed, overjealous; leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary; misogynic; oversuspicious
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Also see incredulous
Antonym trustful → distrustful
Similar to cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical; doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical; jealous, green-eyed, overjealous; leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary; misogynic; oversuspicious
Derived from adjective distrustfully → distrustful
Derivationally related form distrustfulness → distrustful

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