distrust
verb (used with object)
to regard with doubt or suspicion; have no trust in.
distrustfulness
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a word derived from
distrust.
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a word derived from
distrustful.
distrustfuladjectiveunable or unwilling to trust; doubtful; suspicious.
Example Sentences
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Two of the most common symptoms of trauma are hyper-vigilance and distrustfulness.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2019
Deceived by everybody, even by his creatures, experience had increased his natural distrustfulness.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Honor? de Balzac
It was her distrustfulness which had stood in the way.
From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Arthur Griffiths
Whether from innate distrustfulness, or presage of coming evil, the Duchess put off her journey till quite late, and only arrived there as night was coming on.
From The Tragedies of the Medici by Edgcumbe Staley
Then he asked, in honest distrustfulness, "Do you think it right for one who is not a Christian to try to teach others?"
From Opening a Chestnut Burr by Edward Payson Roe
