distrustful | ||
1. | [ adjective ] 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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Related terms: | trustful leery jealous cynical doubting oversuspicious misogynic incredulous | |
2. | [ adjective ] incredulous by virtue of distrust | |
Related terms: | incredulous | |
Similar spelling: |
distrustfully distrust diestrus distressful distressfully diestrous distribute diestrual dioestrous distributer distributed distributor distributively distributive distributional distribution district distress distrait distractedly distract dioestrual diestrum distributary distraint district_line |