“a man of distrustful nature”
“"my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo”
“"vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson”
- Synonyms
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incredulous
not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
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cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical
believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
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doubting, questioning, sceptical, skeptical
marked by or given to doubt
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green-eyed, jealous, overjealous
suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
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leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
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misogynic
(used of men) having deep-seated distrust of women
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oversuspicious
unduly suspicious
- Antonyms:
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trustful, trusting
inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust
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credulous
disposed to believe on little evidence
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confiding
willing to entrust personal matters
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unsuspecting, unsuspicious
not suspicious
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