'Distrustful' definitions:
Definition of 'distrustful'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Distrustful'
From: GCIDE
- Distrustful \Dis*trust"ful\, a.
- 1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers. [1913 Webster]
- Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. --Boyle. -- {Dis*trust"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*trust"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'distrustful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agnostic,
- cagey,
- cautious,
- chary,
- cynical,
- disbelieving,
- doubtful,
- doubting,
- dubious,
- envious,
- from Missouri,
- green,
- green with jealousy,
- green-eyed,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- horn-mad,
- in doubt,
- invidious,
- jaundice-eyed,
- jaundiced,
- jealous,
- leery,
- mistrustful,
- mistrusting,
- nervous,
- Pyrrhonic,
- questioning,
- sceptical,
- scrupulous,
- shy,
- skeptical,
- suspecting,
- suspicious,
- unbelieving,
- uncertain,
- uneasy,
- unsure,
- untrusting,
- wary,
- yellow,
- yellow-eyed