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Meanings of mistrustful in English

Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.

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Examples for "suspicious"
Examples for "suspicious"
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Mr Ross said police wanted to hear of any other suspicious activity.
Radio NZ
2
A former Nauru justice minister says a planned constitutional change is suspicious.
Radio NZ
3
Xavier gave her a suspicious look but allowed the change of subject.
Once bitten, twice dead
4
Structuring is the suspicious activity that banks most often report to authorities.
Reuters
5
Police have appealed for anyone who saw anything suspicious to come forward.
The Irish Times
1
Analysts said broader concerns about euro zone debt levels kept investors wary.
Reuters
2
Businesses need to be extra wary at tax time, Mr Wearne said.
News.com.au
3
While many children are wary of animals, some children just love them.
The Irish Times
4
However, despite emerging data, many surgeons remain wary of computer-assisted orthopedic surgery.
Pubmed
5
Confused and wary, Sano nevertheless decided to take advantage of the situation.
Shinjū
1
A good man, Louis thought, but doctors became leery of people fast.
Pet Sematary
2
They also have reason to be leery of a potential political backlash.
Reuters
3
But you get leery of any kind of mystery in the Deathlands.
The Night of the Long Knives
4
The other few people in the Dunkin' Donuts shot us leery looks.
Running the books: the adventures of an accidental prison librar...
5
Richard liked the idea of having robot assistants, but Nicole was leery.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
1
God forbid our professional deceivers should have to feel paranoid and untrusting.
Wired
2
The Mogadorians are different than we are, secretive and manipulative, untrusting of almost everything.
I am number four
3
How do we tackle inequality when the coffers are empty and the electorate untrusting?
The Guardian
4
At first, he had been wary of her, even untrusting.
Day by day
5
You hate to say anything that sounds hostile or untrusting or small-hearted around him.
The Fireman
Usage of mistrustful in English
1
They seem surprised and still mistrustful of finding themselves unharmed and unmolested.
Angelfall
2
Rose's two or three friends were, like herself, mistrustful of the world.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
3
Three black dogs with wild, mistrustful eyes kept close to his heels.
Jacinto's Remnant
4
I should have been more mistrustful; this solution was too simple, too natural.
File No. 113
5
He had changed towards me; he had become very reserved and seemed mistrustful.
The Woman in Black
6
He was tired of Denver and mistrustful of the limitations upon him there.
Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1
7
It was time for him to stop being so goddam mistrustful.
The stand
8
Overall, Mr Pistorius appears to be a mistrustful and guarded person.
The Guardian
9
Kahlert met Clara, but she was embarrassed and mistrustful of the stranger's discretion.
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2
10
But then, she had every reason to be mistrustful of him, didn't she.
Big sky standoff
11
This mistrustful procedure is so common as not to give offence.
The History of Sumatra / Containing An Account Of The Government...
12
On the deck, Coniston was advancing, but cautiously mistrustful of me.
Brigands of the Moon
13
Joseph said: My dear wife, you are not naturally so mistrustful.
I.N.R.I.: A prisoner's Story of the Cross
14
Sofia's mistrustful eyes reconnoitred every corner of the room, and reckoned it empty.
Red Masquerade: Being the Story of the Lone Wolf's Daughter
15
The English aristocracy was restless, haughty, ungovernable, watchful, and patriotically mistrustful.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
16
Naturally sad, suspicious, and timid, he became more melancholy and mistrustful than ever.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History
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