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DISTRUSTFUL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or showing distrust
Example:
vigilant and distrustful superintendence
Classified under:
Similar:
cynical; misanthropic; misanthropical (believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others)
doubting; questioning; sceptical; skeptical (marked by or given to doubt)
green-eyed; jealous; overjealous (suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival)
leery; mistrustful; suspicious; untrusting; wary (openly distrustful and unwilling to confide)
misogynic ((used of men) having deep-seated distrust of women)
oversuspicious (unduly suspicious)
Also:
incredulous (not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving)
Antonym:
trustful (inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust)
Derivation:
distrustfulness (the trait of not trusting others)
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