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Synonyms for distrustful
dɪsˈtrʌst fəldis·trust·ful
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Princeton's WordNet
distrustfuladjective
having or showing distrust
"a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson
Antonyms:
unsuspicious, trustful, trusting, unsuspecting, confiding
Dictionary of English Synonymes
distrustfuladjective
Synonyms:
suspicious, mistrustful, apt to distrustdistrustfuladjective
Synonyms:
diffident, not confident
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
distrustfuladjective
Synonyms:
suspicious
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Looking at African American respondents community surveys in New York City, Black Americans are more distrustful, and with good reason.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
I think that we can have a legitimate difference of opinion on this, because I think Iran has shown to be completely distrustful.
Being a president is kind of like being a parent, you have to manage expectations. We take the twins on a car ride to Maine from New York … I don't tell the twins we're going to get there in three hours … They're going to be cranky and confused, and they're not going to trust me the next day. And that's how other people feel. They're cranky, confused, and they're distrustful of the president.
How frequently are the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of by a smile or a shrug. How many good and generous actions have been sunk into oblivion by a distrustful look, or stamped with the imputation of bad motives, by a mysterious and seasonable whisper!
It helps veterans because it’s entirely based on trust, a lot of veterans come at [equine therapy] from a distrustful place, and you’re never going to fool a horse. Whether you’re feeling anxious or fearful, they’re going to know.
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