Synonyms for distrustful
dɪsˈtrʌst fəldis·trust·ful

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1. 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

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1. distrustfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   suspicious, mistrustful, apt to distrust

2. distrustfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   diffident, not confident

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1. distrustfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   suspicious

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1. List of paraphrases for "distrustful":

   mistrustful, wary, suspicious

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1. Sterne:

   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!

2. Scott Ratzan:

   Looking at African American respondents community surveys in New York City, Black Americans are more distrustful, and with good reason.

3. David Shafer:

   One of my concerns when we lost all these elections, was that people would just give up on the Republican Party, and give up on resisting the progressives, but that's clearly not happened, there's been a surge of interest, but the people that are interested are just are distrustful of authority –of all types of authority –and there’s some growing pains.

4. J. R. R. Tolkien, Gandalf on Saruman, The Two Towers:

   The treacherous are ever distrustful.

5. P. J. O'Rourke:

   Government isn't a good way to solve problems ... [G]overnment is concerned mostly with self-perpetuation and is subject to fantastic ideas about its own capabilities. ... [G]overnment is wasteful of the nation's resources, immune to common sense and subject to pressure from every half-organized bouquet of assholes. ... [G]overnment is distrustful of and disrespectful toward average Americans while being easily gulled by Americans with money, influence or fame.