'Distrustfulness' definitions:
Definition of 'distrustfulness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The trait of not trusting others [syn: distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust] [ant: trust, trustfulness, trustingness]
Definition of 'Distrustfulness'
From: GCIDE
- Distrustful \Dis*trust"ful\, a.
- 1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers. [1913 Webster]
- Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. --Boyle. -- {Dis*trust"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*trust"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]