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distrustful

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dis·trust·ful  (ds-trstfl)
adj.
Feeling or showing doubt.

dis·trustful·ly adv.
dis·trustful·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.distrustful - 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
incredulous - not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
trustful, trusting - inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall

distrustful
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Spanish distrustful [dɪsˈtrʌstful] adjdesconfiado
French distrustful [dɪsˈtrʌstful] adjméfiant(e)
German distrustful [dɪsˈtrʌstful] distrust adj distrustful (of) → misstrauisch (gegenüber +dat)
Italian distrustful [dɪsˈtrʌstful] adjdiffidente

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But when the army is restless and distrustful, trouble is sure to come from the other feudal princes.
She was quick at understanding the grandmothers who spoke no English, and the most reticent and distrustful of them would tell her their story without realizing they were doing so.
Captain Ahab, said the reddening mate, moving further into the cabin, with a daring so strangely respectful and cautious that it almost seemed not only every way seeking to avoid the slightest outward manifestation of itself, but within also seemed more than half distrustful of itself; A better man than I might well pass over in thee what he would quickly enough resent in a younger man; aye
 
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