DISTRUSTFUL

distrustful. Distrustful, a. suspicious, timorous, modest, shy

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Dis‐trust″ful (?), a. 1. 1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.
Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks. Pope. 2. 2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. Boyle.
— Dis‐trust″ful‐ly, adv. — Dis‐trust″ful‐ness, n.