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distrustful

dist·rust·ful

US/dɪˈstrʌstfʌl/ rare

adjective

1.

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
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Origin

From distrust + -ful.

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