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Meaning of MISTRUSTFUL

Pronunciation:  mis'trustful

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
 
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 Synonyms: distrustful, leery, suspicious, untrusting, wary
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mis*trust"ful\, a.
Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.
      Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood. --Shak.
-- {Mis*trust"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Mis*trust"ful*ness}, n.
 
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 Related Terms: agnostic, cagey, chary, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, from Missouri, in doubt, leery, mistrusting, Pyrrhonic, questioning, scrupulous, shy, skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, uncertain, untrusting, wary
 

 

 

 

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