mistrustful
/mɪsˈtrʌstfʊl
/ /mɪsˈtrʌstf(ə)l/adjective
Lacking in trust; suspicious: he wondered if he had been unduly mistrustful of her...
- They are wary, mistrustful of institutions that have disappointed us all.
- Administrators and public health academics are wary and mistrustful of physicians in the field.
- Here again, Washington's reaction has been distant, cautious and mistrustful.
Synonyms
suspicious, chary, wary, uncertain, unsure, distrustful, untrusting, doubtful, dubious, uneasy, cautious, hesitant, sceptical, unbelieving
informal leery
Derivatives
mistrustfully
/ /mɪsˈtrʌstf(ə)li / adverb ...- The secularists have their island and peer out mistrustfully at everyone else.
- ‘Though the sun is high, it feels like night,’ he muttered, glancing mistrustfully at the river.
- He nodded to the man behind the counter, who stopped briefly to take their order and eye them mistrustfully.
mistrustfulness
/ /mɪsˈtrʌstf(ə)lnəs / noun ...- Impatience, mistrustfulness, and competitiveness with other writers can be very damaging to a career.
- These Americans share some of the mistrustfulness but little of the anger of alienated voters.
- The file was incomplete, I had not kept up on the charting, and due to the extreme mistrustfulness of the client, I didn't keep extensive notes.