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What is the adjective for distrusting?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb distrust which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

distrustful
  1. (active sense) Experiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful.
  2. (passive sense) Causing or giving rise to distrust.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. suspicious, mistrustful, doubtful, dubious, unsure, sceptical, uncertain, skeptical, doubting, disbelieving, unbelieving, unconvinced, undecided, unsettled, incredulous, trustless, wary, cynical, questioning, negativistic, hinky, leery, cautious, suspecting, apprehensive, chary, careful, cagey, circumspect, uneasy, jealous, nervous, fearful, distrusting, uptight, show-me, lacking confidence, lacking trust, lacking faith, been hit before, guarded, hesitant, quizzical, iffy, untrusting, watchful, jaundiced, paranoid, mistrusting, heedful … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “They defended their villages fiercely and remain deeply distrustful of the outside world.”
      “Often they're instinctively distrustful and expect to be taken advantage of financially.”
      “Johnson smirked in a manner that's typical of a player who's cynical and distrustful of a new head coach.”
distrustless
  1. Free from distrust.
distrusted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of distrust
  2. Synonyms:
      3. mistrusted, doubted, suspected, disbelieved, questioned, misdoubted, discredited, discounted, misbelieved, not believed, wondered about, had doubts about, had misgivings about, had no confidence in, smelt a rat, smelled a rat, had no faith in, disbelieved in, looked askance at, regarded with suspicion, took with a grain of salt, taken with a grain of salt, took with a pinch of salt, taken with a pinch of salt, cast doubt on, had reservations about, felt uneasy about, queried, not bought, had suspicions about, harboured suspicions about, challenged, called in question, called into question, harboured reservations about, not accepted, had doubts, disputed, skepticized, feared, wondered, impugned, rejected, unbelieved, had qualms, harbored suspicion, felt apprehensive about, lacked confidence in, entertained doubts about, expressed suspicions about … more
distrusting
  1. present participle of distrust
  2. Synonyms:
      3. mistrusting, doubting, suspecting, disbelieving, questioning, misdoubting, discrediting, discounting, misbelieving, not believing, wondering about, having doubts about, having misgivings about, having no confidence in, smelling a rat, having no faith in, disbelieving in, looking askance at, regarding with suspicion, taking with a grain of salt, taking with a pinch of salt, having reservations about, feeling uneasy about, querying, not buying, having suspicions about, casting doubt on, harbouring suspicions about, challenging, calling in question, calling into question, giving no credence to, harbouring reservations about, not accepting, having doubts, disputing, misgiving, skepticizing, fearing, wondering, impugning, rejecting, unbelieving, harboring suspicion, having qualms, feeling apprehensive about, giving no credence, lacking confidence in, entertaining doubts about, throwing doubt on … more
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