distrustful (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *distrustful*:
ADJECTIVE	all	distrustful	having or showing distrust

distrustful > pronunciation
Sounds	dihstrah'stfahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *distrustful*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Having or showing distrust.
Examples	"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
Narrower	cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical	Believing the worst of human nature and motives
	doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical	marked by or given to doubt
	jealous, green-eyed, overjealous	suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
	leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary	openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
	misogynic	(used of men) having deep-seated distrust of women
	oversuspicious	unduly suspicious
See also	incredulous	not disposed or willing to believe
Opposite	trustful, trusting	Inclined to believe or confide readily
Spanish	desconfiado, receloso
Nouns	distrustfulness	the trait of not trusting others
Adverbs	distrustfully	with distrust

HyperDic: distrustful