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distrustful
[dis-truhst-fuhl]
adjective
unable or unwilling to trust; doubtful; suspicious.
An alert scientist is distrustful of coincidences.
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- distrustfully adverb
- distrustfulness noun
- predistrustful adjective
- undistrustful adjective
- undistrustfully adverb
- undistrustfulness noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of distrustful1
Example Sentences
Several students said their affiliation drew hate speech from strangers and distrustful questions from family members and employers.
People get very distrustful of things that look just silly and manipulative.
More broadly, voters remain profoundly distrustful of elite institutions, and progressives have dominated most of those institutions for decades.
"Itās extremely important from a health communications perspective to treat well-founded fears from a place of respect and empathy; thatās the only way marginalized communities ā that are rightfully distrustful of the authorities ā can be reached."
This view has no historical support: The framers of the Constitution were deeply distrustful of executive authority.
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