2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distrustful \Dis*trust"ful\, a.
1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust;
modest; as distrustful of ourselves of one's powers.
Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks.
--Pope.
2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. --Boyle. --
{Dis*trust"ful*ly}, adv -- {Dis*trust"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
distrustful
adj 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 [ant: {trustful}]
2: incredulous by virtue of distrust
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