MISTRUSTING Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word mistrusting. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for MISTRUSTING
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apprehensive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • quick to understand • mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc • in fear or dread of possible evil or harm | ||||||||
cynical | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others | ||||||||
doubtful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • open to doubt or suspicion • fraught with uncertainty or doubt • unsettled in mind or opinion | ||||||||
guarded | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • prudent | ||||||||
hesitant | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly | ||||||||
incredulous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving | ||||||||
leery | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • openly distrustful and unwilling to confide | ||||||||
skeptical | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion • marked by or given to doubt | ||||||||
suspicious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • openly distrustful and unwilling to confide • not as expected | ||||||||
untrusting | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • openly distrustful and unwilling to confide | ||||||||
wary | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • marked by keen caution and watchful prudence adjective satellite • openly distrustful and unwilling to confide | ||||||||
distrust | nounn | |||||||
noun • doubt about someone's honesty • the trait of not trusting others verb • regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | ||||||||
distrustfulness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the trait of not trusting others | ||||||||
misgiving | nounn | |||||||
noun • uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety) • painful expectation • doubt about someone's honesty | ||||||||
suspect | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who is under suspicion • a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused adjective satellite • not as expected verb • imagine to be the case or true or probable • regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in • hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty | ||||||||
suspicion | nounn | |||||||
noun • an impression that something might be the case • doubt about someone's honesty • the state of being suspected • being of a suspicious nature |