mistrustful

adjective

mis·​trust·​ful -fəl 

1

: given to mistrust : suspicious

so mistrustful of everybody that they never know what to believe

—Upton Sinclair

2

: full of mistrust : marked by mistrust

the mistrustful atmosphere of dubious peace

—J. W. Aldridge

mistrustfully adverb

mistrustfulness noun

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