Definition of distrustful Distrustful
/dɪstɹʌˈstfʌl/ - [distrustful] - dis•trust•ful
We found 6 definitions of distrustful from 4 different sources.
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What does distrustful mean?
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| distrustful - 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 | ||
| trustful, trusting inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall | ||
| incredulous not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving | ||
| cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others | ||
| doubting, sceptical, skeptical, questioning marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener" | ||
| green-eyed, overjealous, jealous suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival; "a jealous lover" | ||
| leery, mistrustful, untrusting, suspicious, wary openly distrustful and unwilling to confide | ||
| misogynic (used of men) having deep-seated distrust of women | ||
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Wiktionary 
- distrustful (Adjective)
Marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious. - distrustful (Adjective)
Causing or giving rise to distrust.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- distrustful (a.)
Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers. - distrustful (a.)
Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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distrustful
Feeling or showing doubt.
