Synonyms for mistrustful
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Distrustful — having mistrust, lacking trust (in someone or something)
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having mistrust, lacking trust (in someone or something).
Related words
- Word family
- mistrustfully mistrustfulness
Example sentences
- suspicious A policeman was gazing at a suspicious pedestrian.
- wary My parents always told me to be wary of strangers.
- distrustful I was distrustful of his motives.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mistrustful | rising | |
| suspicious | rising | |
| wary | rising | |
| distrustful | rising | |
| untrusting | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- wary2
- 5 letters
- leary2
- 10 letters
- suspicious3, untrusting
- 11 letters
- distrustful3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wary2 = 2 syllables).