distrustful.

Inclined to doubt another's honesty, intentions, or reliability.

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Words that belong together

• distrustful glance
• distrustful of authority

On the page

After the missing payment, she became distrustful of reassurances.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more distrustful; superlative most distrustful when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.