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Definition of "mistrustful" [mis•trust•ful]

  • Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings. (adjective)

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Use "mistrustful" in a sentence
  • "My friend is not 'mistrustful' of me, no, because she don't fear I shall make mainprize of the stray cloaks and umbrellas down-stairs, or turn an article for _Colburn's_ on her sayings and doings up-stairs, -- but spite of that, she does mistrust ... _so_ mistrust my common sense, -- nay, uncommon and dramatic-poet's sense, if I am put on asserting it!"
  • "I ussually just don't say anything, sit there and continue to think these "mistrustful" thoughts."
  • "The ministers, deeply mistrustful of Greek political leaders after nearly two years of missed milestones, also asked for a written commitment from the main Greek political parties to support the program."