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In some senses, mistrustful is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
becoming, cautious, noble, professional
VERB + MISTRUSTFUL
rest
MISTRUSTFUL + NOUN
cheerfulness, i'm
ADV.
simply
adj
Having mistrust, lacking trust (in someone or something).
[…] I hold it cowardice To rest mistrustful where a noble heart Hath pawn’d an open hand in sign of love;
In the passage I met the nurse. She greeted me with a little smile; but I was mistrustful of professional cheerfulness that night.
Expressing or showing a lack of trust.
He lookt askew with his mistrustfull eyes, And nycely trode, as thornes lay in his way
At last, having held a document before her glasses for nearly five minutes, she presented it across the counter; accompanying the act by another inquisitive and mistrustful glance—it was for J. E.
Having a suspicion, imagining or supposing (that something undesirable is the case).
The mender of roads was now coming to himself, and was mistrustful of having made a mistake in his late demonstrations; but no.
Causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.
Vp we gad, owt spredding oure sayls and make to the seaward: Al creeks mistrustful with Greekish countrye refusing.
[…] stonish’d as night-wanderers often are, Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood, Even so confounded in the dark she lay, Having lost the fair discovery of her way.
adjective — openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
[…] I hold it cowardice To rest mistrustful where a noble heart Hath pawn’d an open hand in sign of love;
WiktionaryIn the passage I met the nurse. She greeted me with a little smile; but I was mistrustful of professional cheerfulness that night.
WiktionaryHe lookt askew with his mistrustfull eyes, And nycely trode, as thornes lay in his way
WiktionaryI'm not mistrustful; I'm simply cautious.
Tatoeba · #10250318Tom is becoming more mistrustful.
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In some senses, mistrustful is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.