mistrustful
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- mistrustfully adverb
- mistrustfulness noun
- unmistrustful adjective
- unmistrustfully adverb
Etymology
Origin of mistrustful
Example Sentences
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As a result, their caretakers and fellow creatures give them a wide berth, which only makes them more lonely, mistrustful, and snappish than before.
From Literature
In no small part, Kirk helped fashion the world in which we now find ourselves: Divided, angry, mistrustful of our neighbors and their motives, and at the very least, increasingly violent in rhetoric.
From Salon
In 1976, as he accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for the presidency, America was coming out of a contentious and mistrustful era of Watergate and the Vietnam War.
From Los Angeles Times
Moreover, Niger's regime, whose attitude towards the EU as a whole has become almost as mistrustful as its broken relationship with France, continues to seek alternatives to its old Western partnerships.
From BBC
Observers say that continued outreach has allowed the department to make significant strides in some communities that were long mistrustful of law enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times
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