Dis·trust·ful a.
1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.
Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks. --Pope.
2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful.
-- Dis*trust*ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*trust*ful*ness, n.
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distrustfulness
n : the trait of not trusting others [syn: distrust, mistrust]
[ant: trust]