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distrustfulness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of distrustfulness

a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something

one voter who usually listens to campaign promises with an air of distrustfulness

Synonyms of distrustfulness

distrust, doubt, dubiety, dubitation [archaic], incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, mistrustfulness, query, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty

Words Related to distrustfulness

disbelief, incredulity, unbelief

anxiety, concern, paranoia, wariness

compunction, niggle [chiefly British], qualm, scruple, tremor

Near Antonyms of distrustfulness

credence, faith

Antonyms of distrustfulness

assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, sureness, surety, trust

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