distrustful Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- disbelieving
- suspecting
- wary
- cynical
- questioning
- doubting
- show-me
- paranoid
- unbelieving
- incredulous
- negativistic
Weak:
Strongest:
- uncritical
- sure
- confident
- inexperienced
- unknowing
- gullible
- trusting
- innocent
- trustful
- wide-eyed
- trusting
- unquestioning
- sure
- unknowing
- gullible
- certain
- innocent
- ingenuous
- unworldly
- confident
- positive
- simple
- unsophisticated
- ingenuous
- na-ve
- wide-eyed
- simpleminded
- simple
- trustful
- naive
- credulous
- green
- unquestioning
- simpleminded
- unworldly
- na-ve
- unsophisticated
- certain
- uncritical
- credulous
- green
- naive
- positive
- inexperienced
Strong:
- idealistic
- deceived
- callow
- gullable
- raw
- callow
- raw
- impractical
- careless
- deceived
- idealistic
- childlike
- gullable
- childlike
- careless
- impractical
Weak:
distrustful Meaning
distrustful (a)
having or showing distrust
distrustful (a.)
Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.
Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful.
distrustful Sentence Examples
- The detective's distrustful nature led him to question every detail of the crime scene.
- The politician's distrustful comments about his opponent caused a public outcry.
- The child was distrustful of strangers after being lost in a crowded mall.
- The employee was distrustful of the new boss's motives due to his past experiences.
- The hiker was distrustful of the unmarked trail, fearing it might lead to dangerous terrain.
- The scientist was distrustful of the experimental results, suspecting that there might be errors in the data collection.
- The customer was distrustful of the online store's security measures, worried that their personal information might be compromised.
- The traveler was distrustful of the local guide's promises, having heard stories about scams and misleading information.
- The investor was distrustful of the financial advisor's recommendations, believing that they were not acting in his best interests.
- The student was distrustful of the teacher's grading system, suspecting that it was biased against certain students.
FAQs About the word distrustful
having or showing distrustNot confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers., Apt to distrust; suspi
cautious, mistrustful, careful, suspicious,skeptical, disbelieving, suspecting, wary, cynical, questioning
uncritical, sure, confident, inexperienced, unknowing, gullible,trusting, innocent, trustful, wide-eyed
The detective's distrustful nature led him to question every detail of the crime scene.
The politician's distrustful comments about his opponent caused a public outcry.
The child was distrustful of strangers after being lost in a crowded mall.
The employee was distrustful of the new boss's motives due to his past experiences.
