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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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