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distrustful definition
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Grep of noun distrustful distrustfulness Overview of adj distrustful The adj distrustful has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 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) 2. distrustful -- (incredulous by virtue of distrust) Antonyms of adj distrustful 2 senses of distrustful Sense 1 distrustful (vs. trustful) trustful (vs. distrustful), trusting => confiding => unsuspecting, unsuspicious => trusting Sense 2 distrustful INDIRECT (VIA incredulous) -> credulous Similarity of adj distrustful 2 senses of distrustful Sense 1 distrustful (vs. trustful) => cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical => doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical => jealous, green-eyed, overjealous => leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary => misogynic => oversuspicious Also See-> incredulous#1 Sense 2 distrustful => incredulous (vs. credulous) Attributes of adj distrustful Familiarity of adj distrustful distrustful used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj distrustful distrustful Overview of adj distrustful The adj distrustful has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 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) 2. distrustful -- (incredulous by virtue of distrust)
distrustful definition
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