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Meaning of 'distrustful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Distrustful [ a.]
- Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.
- Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful.

Meaning of 'distrustful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . distrustful [ a]
Meaning (1):
- having or showing distrust
Example in sentence:
  • a man of distrustful nature;
  • my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally;
  • vigilant and distrustful superintendence

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