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[ mis-truhst-fuhl ] / mɪsˈtrʌst fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mistrustful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefull of mistrust; suspicious. Origin of mistrustfulFirst recorded in 1520–30; mistrust + -ful OTHER WORDS FROM mistrustfulmis·trust·ful·ly, adverbmis·trust·ful·ness, nounun·mis·trust·ful, adjectiveun·mis·trust·ful·ly, adverbWords nearby mistrustfulmistress, mistress of ceremonies, Mistress of the Robes, mistrial, mistrust, mistrustful, mistryst, misty, misty-eyed, misunderstand, misunderstanding Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mistrustfulAccording to the Pew Research Center, most Millennials are mistrustful of political institutions. Candidates in Maine, Nebraska, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., Challenge Republicans and Democrats Alike|Linda Killian|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST He sat before a wall full of badges, in a big swivel chair, his bovine features set in mistrustful concentration. The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis|Richard Ben Cramer|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST And so it begins: two women, decades apart, one too trusting and the other mistrustful, slowly becoming friends. Dree Hemingway, Star of ‘Starlet,’ Discusses Her Acting and Modeling Careers|Isabel Wilkinson|November 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST Kings and people, mistrustful of each other, were upon their guard. Captain Paul|Alexandre Dumas, Pere
For the moment it was perhaps not wonderful that even so much excellence should obtain something of mistrustful admiration. William Blake|Algernon Charles Swinburne Hence his 'timorous and mistrustful people' would not trust him any more in English hands. The Land-War In Ireland (1870)|James Godkin The great banks remained hostile, and capitalists were mistrustful. Serge Panine, Complete|Georges Ohnet It required daily visits for a week to make satisfactory impress on the Colonel's mistrustful fears, but the Cap'n was patient. The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day
Words related to mistrustfulskeptical, suspicious, leery, wary, cagey, cautious, chary, cynical, doubtful, doubting, dubious, fearful, jealous, uneasy, untrusting, uptight |