distrustful

1. 1.

   having or showing distrust

   “a man of distrustful nature”

   “my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally”

   “vigilant and distrustful superintendence”

   Antonymstrustful

   Similarcynicaldoubtingjealousleerymisogynicoversuspicious

Questions about distrustful

What does distrustful mean?

distrustful means "having or showing distrust".

How many syllables are in distrustful?

distrustful has 3 syllables: di-strust-ful. The stress falls on "strust". In IPA it is /dɪˈstɹʌstfəl/.

What is the opposite of distrustful?

The recorded antonyms are trustful.

Is distrustful a common word?

distrustful is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with distrustful?

1 word rhymes with distrustful. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.