Mistrustful

adj

adj ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having mistrust, lacking trust (in someone or something).

    "[…] I hold it cowardice To rest mistrustful where a noble heart Hath pawn’d an open hand in sign of love;"

  2. 2
    Expressing or showing a lack of trust.

    "He lookt askew with his mistrustfull eyes, And nycely trode, as thornes lay in his way"

  3. 3
    Having a suspicion, imagining or supposing (that something undesirable is the case).

    "The mender of roads was now coming to himself, and was mistrustful of having made a mistake in his late demonstrations; but no."

  4. 4
    Causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings. obsolete

    "Vp we gad, owt spredding oure sayls and make to the seaward: Al creeks mistrustful with Greekish countrye refusing."

Adjective
  1. 1
    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
distrustfulagnosticcageycharydistrustfuldoubtful

Example

More examples

"I'm not mistrustful; I'm simply cautious."

Etymology

From mistrust + -ful.

More for "mistrustful"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.