distrustful

Adjective

Meaning

Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.

Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

negative uncertain nervous careful reluctant suspicious questioning skeptical shy cautious jealous anxious doubtful dubious wary

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Antonyms

trustful certain strong determined positive composed

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Phrases with the word

be distrustful of self-distrustful

Examples

It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. James Baldwin

All those months of taking it for granted that Peeta thought I was wonderful are over. Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly. And I hate him for it. Suzanne Collins

I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda. Mohamed ElBaradei

Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly. And I hate him for it. Suzanne Collins

I concluded also that Madison bad more confidence in majorities than I gave him credit for; or more accutely, that he was somewhat less distrustful and hostile to majority rule than I had supposed. Robert A. Dahl

We tend to be incredibly distrustful of our own perceptions once they have passed and find no outside confirmation or ratification, we sometimes renounce our memory and end up telling ourselves inexact versions of what we witnessed, we do not trust ourselves as witnesses. Javier Marías

Close letter words and terms

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