distrustfulness

2 definitions found

distrustfulness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Distrustful \Dis*trust"ful\, a.
     1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust;
        modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.
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              Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. --Boyle. --
        Dis*trust"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*trust"ful*ness, n.
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distrustfulness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  distrustfulness
      n 1: the trait of not trusting others [syn: distrust,
           distrustfulness, mistrust] [ant: trust,
           trustfulness, trustingness]