Mistrusting

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    mistrust

    "We are not to expect such striking revelations as those received of whom we have read, but we may at least learn from them to distrust our own mistrustings."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of mistrust form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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agnosticdistrustfuldoubtfuldoubtingdubiousjealous

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"My father has always been deeply mistrusting of those who seek power."

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