Meaning & use
distrustful
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Feeling or showing a lack of trust in someone or something; suspicious.
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After being lied to so many times, she became distrustful of everyone's promises.
The villagers were distrustful of outsiders and rarely welcomed strangers.
A note on using this word
Combines the negative prefix "dis-" with "trustful" and is often used interchangeably with "mistrustful," though it implies a more active suspicion.
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Words with an opposite meaning
trustingconfident
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