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distrustful

[dis-truhst-fuhl]

adjective

  1. unable or unwilling to trust; doubtful; suspicious.

    An alert scientist is distrustful of coincidences.



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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • distrustfully adverb
  • distrustfulness noun
  • predistrustful adjective
  • undistrustful adjective
  • undistrustfully adverb
  • undistrustfulness noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of distrustful1

First recorded in 1585–95; distrust + -ful
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Several students said their affiliation drew hate speech from strangers and distrustful questions from family members and employers.

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People get very distrustful of things that look just silly and manipulative.

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More broadly, voters remain profoundly distrustful of elite institutions, and progressives have dominated most of those institutions for decades.

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"It’s extremely important from a health communications perspective to treat well-founded fears from a place of respect and empathy; that’s the only way marginalized communities — that are rightfully distrustful of the authorities — can be reached."

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This view has no historical support: The framers of the Constitution were deeply distrustful of executive authority.

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