Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. --Boyle. -- {Dis*trust"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*trust"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
distrustfulness — index cloud (suspicion), doubt (suspicion), incredulity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
distrustfulness — noun see distrustful … New Collegiate Dictionary
distrustfulness — See distrustfully. * * * … Universalium
distrustfulness — noun The state or quality of being distrustful or doubtful; distrust; mistrust … Wiktionary
distrustfulness — n. suspicion, disbelief, lack of trust … English contemporary dictionary
distrustfulness — dis·trust·ful·ness … English syllables
distrustfulness — noun the trait of not trusting others • Syn: ↑distrust, ↑mistrust • Ant: ↑trust (for: ↑distrust) • Derivationally related forms: ↑mistrust ( … Useful english dictionary
distrustful — adjective Date: 1589 having or showing distrust • distrustfully adverb • distrustfulness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
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