- 1. a. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers. Source: opted
- 2. a. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. Source: opted
- 3. adj. having or showing distrust Source: wordnet
- 4. 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. Boyle. -- Dis*trust"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*trust"ful*ness, n. Source: webster
- 5. j:100 a. having or showing distrust Source: ecdict
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