Distrustful
[dɪs'trʌstfl]
Definition
(adj.) 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 .
Checker: Rosalind--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.
(a.) Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful.
Edited by Abraham
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Suspicious, mistrustful, apt to distrust.[2]. Diffident, not confident.
Editor: Priscilla
Examples
- Not that I complain, sir, of the eye of business being distrustful; quite the contrary. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But they have known me much longer than you have, and the confiding eye of affection is not the distrustful eye of business. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Once habituated to his distrustful manner, said I, I have done very well. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- We have remarked lately, Alfred, that the old man is turning very suspicious and distrustful. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The helpless condition of the servant had made the police distrustful of his asserted recognition of his master. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mary was looking out for her, with a half-distrustful face. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The woman was at first surprised and distrustful. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- With distrustful eye I noted the details of this new vision. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Poor Mr. Casaubon was distrustful of everybody's feeling towards him, especially as a husband. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Abelard, a man of splendid talents, and ranking as the first debater of his time, became timid, irresolute, and distrustful of his powers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Again they exchanged their former odd looks, each apparently still distrustful that the other was taking him in. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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