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View synonyms for distrustful

distrustful

[ dis-truhst-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. unable or unwilling to trust; doubtful; suspicious:

    An alert scientist is distrustful of coincidences.



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Other Words From

  • dis·trustful·ly adverb
  • dis·trustful·ness noun
  • predis·trustful adjective
  • undis·trustful adjective
  • undis·trustful·ly adverb
  • undis·trustful·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of distrustful1

First recorded in 1585–95; distrust + -ful

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Example Sentences

Writing—the next movie, the labels—is a sensible thing for a man grown distrustful of the camera to do.

“Dead” was the operative word for Sinatra, that most distrustful of all superstars.

A lifetime of abuse had left him distrustful of all humans, and McKeever sought to make himself an exception.

He also found the president and vice president to be unnecessarily distrustful of the military.

Treviño Morales was distrustful of everyone—except his brother Omar, Z-42—and slept inside his car.

Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!

The hostility with which he regarded this group of composers had its origin in his distrustful attitude towards society generally.

Although exempt from concupiscence and "full of grace," she was so distrustful of herself as if she were in continual danger.

Miss Alison Mildmay was severe, but she was not distrustful or suspicious, and the candour of the two girls was unmistakable.

Long study and retirement from the busy haunts of men have made him self-distrustful.

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