"distrustful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: distrustful [positive], more distrustful [comparative], most distrustful [superlative]
Etymology: distrust + -ful Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|distrust|ful}} distrust + -ful Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A distrustful person is someone who shows distrust or is skeptical and suspicious. Synonyms: doubtful
    Sense id: simple-distrustful-en-adj-3mg2BOk9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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