distrustful

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adjective

Experiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful.

Similar
cynicalmisanthropicmisanthropicaldoubtingquestioningskepticaljealousgreen-eyed
Opposite
trustful
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Meanings

adjectivedistrustful (comparative more distrustful, superlative most distrustful)

comparative more distrustful · superlative most distrustful

  1. active senseExperiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful.
  2. passive senseCausing or giving rise to distrust.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving or showing distrust

Similar
cynicalmisanthropicmisanthropicaldoubtingquestioningskepticaljealousgreen-eyedoverjealousleerymistrustfulsuspicious
Opposite
trustful
Also see
cynicaldoubtinggreen-eyedjealousleerymisanthropicmisanthropicalmisogynicmistrustfuloverjealousoversuspiciousquestioningscepticalskepticalsuspiciousuntrustingwary

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From distrust + -ful.

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Translations

Bulgarian недоверчив, подозрителен
  • недоверчив (nedoverčiv)marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
  • подозрителен (podozritelen)marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Chinese Mandarin 多疑
  • 多疑 (duōyí)marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Czech nedůvěřivý
  • nedůvěřivýmarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Dutch wantrouwend
  • wantrouwendmarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Finnish epäluotettava
  • epäluotettavamarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
French méfiant, suspicieux
  • méfiantmarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
  • suspicieuxmarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
German misstrauisch
  • misstrauischmarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Greek δύσπιστος, καχύποπτος
  • δύσπιστος (dýspistos)marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
  • καχύποπτος (kachýpoptos)marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Hungarian bizalmatlan, gyanakvó
  • bizalmatlanmarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
  • gyanakvómarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Indonesian tidak percaya
  • tidak percayamarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Japanese 疑い深い
  • 疑い深い (utagaibukai)marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Māori matakana, hihira
  • matakanamarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
  • hihiramarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Norwegian Bokmål mistroisk
  • mistroiskmarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Polish nieufny
  • nieufnymarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Russian недове́рчивый, подозри́тельный
  • недове́рчивый (nedovérčivyj)marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
  • подозри́тельный (podozrítelʹnyj)marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Scottish Gaelic amharasach
  • amharasachmarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Spanish desconfiado, receloso
  • desconfiadomarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
  • recelosomarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
  • difidentemarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Tagalog walang-tiwala
  • walang-tiwalamarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Turkish güvensiz
  • güvensizmarked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Ukrainian недовірливий
  • недовірливий (nedovirlyvyj)marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
Cite this entry
APA

distrustful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distrustful

MLA

“distrustful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distrustful. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “distrustful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distrustful.

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