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Experiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: active sense
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Causing or giving rise to distrust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: passive sense
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having or showing distrust- B.N.Cardozo- Thomas Jefferson
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a man of distrustful nature
- my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally
- vigilant and distrustful superintendence
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: trustful
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
недоверчив
(nedoverčiv)
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Bulgarian:
подозрителен
(podozritelen)
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Chinese Mandarin:
多疑
(duōyí)
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Czech:
nedůvěřivý
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Dutch:
wantrouwend
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Finnish:
epäluotettava
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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French:
méfiant
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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French:
suspicieux
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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German:
misstrauisch
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Greek:
δύσπιστος
(dýspistos)
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Greek:
καχύποπτος
(kachýpoptos)
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Hungarian:
bizalmatlan
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Hungarian:
gyanakvó
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Ido:
desfidema
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Indonesian:
tidak percaya
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Japanese:
疑い深い
(utagaibukai)
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Māori:
matakana
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Māori:
hihira
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Norwegian Bokmål:
mistroisk
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Polish:
nieufny
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Russian:
недове́рчивый
(nedovérčivyj)
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Russian:
подозри́тельный
(podozrítelʹnyj)
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Scottish Gaelic:
amharasach
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Spanish:
desconfiado
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Spanish:
receloso
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Spanish:
difidente
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Tagalog:
walang-tiwala
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious
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Ukrainian:
недовірливий
(nedovirlyvyj)
— marked by distrust; doubtful; suspicious